A wide selection of classical and recent tests for exponentiality are discussed and compared. The classical procedures include the statistics of Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Cramér-von Mises, a statistic based on spacings, and a method involving the score function. Among the most recent approaches emphasized are methods based on the empirical Laplace transform and the empirical characteristic function, a method based on entropy as well as tests of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Cramér-von Mises type that utilize a characterization of exponentiality via the mean residual life function. We also propose a new goodness-of-fit test utilizing a novel characterization of the exponential distribution through its characteristic function. The finite-sample performance of the tests is investigated in an extensive simulation study. Copyright Springer-Verlag 200562G10, 62G20, Goodness-of-fit test, exponential distribution, empirical characteristic function, empirical distribution function, integrated empirical distribution function, empirical Laplace transform, entropy, mean residual life function,
We propose a class of goodness-of-fit tests for the gamma distribution that utilizes the empirical Laplace transform. The consistency of the tests as well as their asymptotic distribution under the null hypothesis are investigated. As the decay of the weight function tends to infinity, the test statistics approach limit values related to the first non zero component of Neyman's smooth test for the gamma law. The new tests are compared with other omnibus tests for the gamma distribution.
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