Detecting a univariate normal mixture with two components

Statistics and Risk Modeling

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-52

  Berdai A ^a   Garel, B ^a  

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Author keywords

asymptotic distribution; Likelihood ratio test statistic; maximum of gaussian process; mixture model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025286813     PISSN: 21931402     EISSN: 21967040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/strm.1996.14.1.35     Document Type: Article

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