Testing the equality among distribution functions from independent and right censored samples via Cramér-von Mises criterion

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1117-1131

  Martínez Camblor, Pablo ^a  

^a Oficina de Investigación Biosanitaria OIB de Asturias and Universidad Autonoma de Chile   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Censored data; Cram r von Mises criterion; k sample tests; Kaplan Meier estimator; Weighted tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952912356     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2010.484486     Document Type: Article

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