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Entropy-based goodness-of-fit tests for the Pareto I distribution |
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| Authors: | Bahareh Afhami |
| Institution: | Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran |
| Abstract: | In this article, having observed the generalized order statistics in a sample, we construct a test for the hypothesis that the underlying distribution is the Pareto I distribution. The Shannon entropy of generalized order statistics is used to test the null hypothesis. |
| Keywords: | Generalized order statistics Goodness-of-fit test Maximum likelihood estimation Pareto I distribution Shannon entropy |