On the Sample Redundancy and a Test for Exponentiality,

Abstract

In this paper we obtain the sampling properties of a scale-free estimator of 'redundancy,' an information theoretic measure, which is used by economists and communications engineers. We then propose a new test of exponentiality based upon the sample redundancy. This test is unbiased against a large class of alternatives, and it performs at least as well as another recently proposed test with respect to power and asymptotic relative efficiency. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 18, 1980
Accession Number
ADA096956

Entities

People

  • Mahesh Chandra
  • Nozer Singpurwalla
  • Tertius De Wet

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contracts
  • Data Science
  • Efficiency
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Estimators
  • Goodness Of Fit Tests
  • Information Science
  • Information Theory
  • Mathematics
  • Military Research
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Random Variables
  • Sampling
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Statistics
  • Theorems

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Statistical inference.