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Testing for uniformity on a compact homogeneous space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

R. J. Beran*
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Extract

This paper applies the invariance principle to the problem of testing a distribution on a compact homogeneous space for uniformity. The notion of using a reduction by invariance in such a situation is due to Ajne[1], who considers tests invariant under rotation on a circle. In his paper, he derives the distribution of the maximal invariant and gives the general form of the most powerful invariant test for uniformity on the circle.

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Research Papers
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Copyright © Sheffield: Applied Probability Trust 

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