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Abstract Details
Activity Number:
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308
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Computing
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Abstract - #309204 |
Title:
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A Proposed Goodness-of-Fit Test for the Assumptions of a Poisson Process
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Author(s):
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Bob McQuaid and Kellie Keeling and Robert Pavur*+
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Companies:
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Pepperdine University and University of Denver and University of North Texas
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Address:
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1155 Union Circle #305249, Denton , TX, 76203-5017, USA
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Keywords:
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Poisson Process ;
Runs Test
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Abstract:
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The paper proposes a goodness of fit test procedure for departures of a renewal process from the standard assumptions of a homogeneous Poisson Process. This procedure makes use of a runs tests for one process that is known to be a Poisson Process and another process which is being examined its assumption of being generated by a Poisson process. A justification is presented for the proposed test. One advantage is that it is simpler to implement than other well known procedures to test for the assumptions of a Poisson Process. The usefulness of this test is important as applications of the Poisson Process abound in many business and scientific studies. A Monte Carlo simulation study demonstrates both the robustness and power of the proposed test.
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