Symmetry 2010, 2(2), 1108-1120; doi:10.3390/sym2021108
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Minimum Phi-Divergence Estimators and Phi-Divergence Test Statistics in Contingency Tables with Symmetry Structure: An Overview

Leandro Pardo 1,* email and Nirian Martín 2
1 Department of Statistics and O.R., Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain 2 Department of Statistics, Carlos III University of Madrid, 28903 Getafe (Madrid), Spain
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Received: 12 March 2010; in revised form: 7 May 2010 / Accepted: 10 June 2010 / Published: 11 June 2010
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers: Symmetry Concepts and Applications)
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Abstract: In the last years minimum phi-divergence estimators (MϕE) and phi-divergence test statistics (ϕTS) have been introduced as a very good alternative to classical likelihood ratio test and maximum likelihood estimator for different statistical problems. The main purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the main results presented until now in contingency tables with symmetry structure on the basis of (MϕE) and (ϕTS).
Keywords: minimum phi-divergence estimator; phi-divergence statistics; symmetry model

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Pardo, L.; Martín, N. Minimum Phi-Divergence Estimators and Phi-Divergence Test Statistics in Contingency Tables with Symmetry Structure: An Overview. Symmetry 2010, 2, 1108-1120.

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Pardo L, Martín N. Minimum Phi-Divergence Estimators and Phi-Divergence Test Statistics in Contingency Tables with Symmetry Structure: An Overview. Symmetry. 2010; 2(2):1108-1120.

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Pardo, Leandro; Martín, Nirian. 2010. "Minimum Phi-Divergence Estimators and Phi-Divergence Test Statistics in Contingency Tables with Symmetry Structure: An Overview." Symmetry 2, no. 2: 1108-1120.

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