Likelihood ratio tests with boundary constraints using data-dependent degrees of freedom

Biometrika

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1019-1023

  Susko, Edward ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary constraint; Likelihood ratio test; Nonstandard likelihood theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890355576     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/ast032     Document Type: Article

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