A COMPARISON OF 2 STATISTICS FOR DETECTING CLUSTERING IN ONE-DIMENSION

被引:2
作者
ANDERSON, NH
TITTERINGTON, DM
机构
[1] Department of Statistics., University of Glasgow., University Gardens., Glasgow
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
CLUSTERING OF EVENTS; DENSITY ESTIMATION; SCAN STATISTIC; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;
D O I
10.1080/00949659508811699
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
The paper considers two statistics for testing for non-uniformity of events in one dimension, the Scan Statistic and a statistic based on the supremum of a kernel density estimate. Variations on the Scan Statistic are considered and a number of approximations to the critical values are assessed. The Scan Statistic and the density-supremum statistic are compared in a power study, and modifications to the Scan Statistic are described that adapt to a non-uniform null hypothesis.
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页码:103 / 125
页数:23
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