The linear stochastic order and directed inference for multivariate ordered distributions

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-40

  Davidov, Ori ^a   Peddada, Shyamal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonparametric tests; Order restricted statistical inference; Stochastic order relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879205336     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/12-AOS1062     Document Type: Article

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