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A new flexible class of omnibus tests for exponentiality

Norbert Henze Institut fur Mathematische Stochastik, Universität Karlsruhe Englerstr.2, Karlsruhe 1, W-7500, Germany
Pages 115-133 | Received 01 Sep 1991, Published online: 23 Dec 2010

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