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Testing departures from the increasing hazard rate property

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This paper proposes a nonparametric test to detect violations of the increasing hazard rate property, based on the distance between the empirical distribution function and a shape-constrained estimator. The test is consistent. The behaviour of the power function in some critical cases is evaluated through simulations.

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  • Lando, Tommaso, 2023. "Testing departures from the increasing hazard rate property," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:193:y:2023:i:c:s0167715222002498
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2022.109736
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