Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics

A test of the hypothesis about the homogeneity of components of a mixture with varying concentrations by using censored data

Author(s): A. Yu. Ryzhov
Translated by: S. Kvasko
Original publication: Teoriya Imovirnostei ta Matematichna Statistika, vipusk 72 (2005).
Journal: Theor. Probability and Math. Statist. No. 72 (2006), 145-155.
MSC (2000): Primary 62N03; Secondary 62G10
Posted: September 5, 2006
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Abstract: We consider a statistical test for the homogeneity of components in a model of mixtures with varying concentrations by using censored data. The test is constructed with the help of adaptive estimators of components of a mixture.

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A. Yu. Ryzhov
Affiliation: Department of General Mathematics, Faculty for Mathematics and Mechanics, National Taras Shevchenko University, Academician Glushkov Avenue 6, Kyiv 03127, Ukraine
Email: ryzhov@univ.kiev.ua

DOI: 10.1090/S0094-9000-06-00672-7
PII: S 0094-9000(06)00672-7
Keywords: Survival analysis, mixtures with varying concentrations, censoring, Kaplan--Meier estimator, dispersion coefficient.
Received by editor(s): 5/JUL/2004
Posted: September 5, 2006
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society

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