Sharp probability estimates for generalized Smirnov statistics

DOI10.1007/S00605-007-0516-YMaRDI QIDQ2482222zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kevin Ford

Publication date 16 April 2008

Published in Monatshefte für Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0609224

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Order statistics; empirical distribution functions (62G30)

Abstract: We give sharp, uniform estimates for the probability that the empirical distribution function for n uniform-[0,1] random variables stays to one side of a given line.

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