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Extended criterion for comparison of empirical distributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Ora Engleberg Percus  and
Jerome K. Percus
Ora Engleberg Percus
Affiliation:
City University of New York
Jerome K. Percus
Affiliation:
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
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Abstract

A generating function technique is used to determine the probability that the deviation between two empirical distributions drawn from the same population lies within a given band a specified number of times. We also treat the asymptotic problem of very large sample size, and obtain explicit expressions when the relative number of failures is very small or very large.

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Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , April 1970 , pp. 1 - 20
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 

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