Generalised smooth tests of goodness of fit

Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 665-679

  Rayner, J C W ^a   Best, D J ^a   Thas, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Extreme value distribution; Logistic distribution; M estimation; Order k alternative; Score and generalised score tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008770606     PISSN: 15598608     EISSN: 15598616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15598608.2009.10411953     Document Type: Article

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