Estimation of a certain functional of a probability density function

Abstract
In nonparametric inference, the importance of the functional Δ(F)=∫−∞ ƒ2(x)dx, where F is the population cdf with density f, could hardly be overemphasized. It is a fundamental quantity involved in the expressions for the asymptotic efficiency of rank tests for many problems like location shift, regression, dependence, analysis of variance, etc. Also in some cases, point as well as interval estimates derived from rank tests have asymptotic efficiency involving the above functional. By a variational argument, Dodges and Lehmann

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