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On goodness-of-fit tests for arbitrary multivariate models

Methodology 2023-03-20 v2 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Experiment Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

Abstract

Goodness-of-fit tests are often used in data analysis to test the agreement of a distribution to a set of data. These tests can be used to detect an unknown signal against a known background or to set limits on a proposed signal distribution in experiments contaminated by poorly understood backgrounds. Out-of-the-box non-parametric tests that can target any proposed distribution are only available in the univariate case. In this paper, we discuss how to build goodness-of-fit tests for arbitrary multivariate distributions or multivariate data generation models.

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@article{arxiv.2211.03478,
  title  = {On goodness-of-fit tests for arbitrary multivariate models},
  author = {Lolian Shtembari and Allen Caldwell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.03478},
  year   = {2023}
}
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