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The Laplace transform ψ(t=E[exp(−tX)]) of a random variable with exponential density λ exp(−λx), x≥0, satisfies the differential equation (λ+t)ψ′(t)+ψ(t=0, t≥0). We study the behaviour of a class of consistent (“omnibus”) tests for exponentiality based on a suitably weighted integral of % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqaqpepeea0xe9qqVa0l% b9peea0lb9sq-JfrVkFHe9peea0dXdarVe0Fb9pgea0xa9pue9Fve9% Ffc8meGabaqaciGacaGaaeqabaWaaeaaeaaakeaacaGGBbGaaiikai% qbeU7aSzaajaWaaSbaaSqaaGqaciaa-5gaaeqaaOGaey4kaSIaamiD% aiaacMcacqaHipqEcaWFNaWaaSbaaSqaaiaad6gaaeqaaOGaaiikai% aadshacaGGPaGaey4kaSIaeqiYdK3aaSbaaSqaaiaad6gaaeqaaOGa% aiikaiaadshacaGGPaGaaiyxamaaCaaaleqabaGaaGOmaaaaaaa!4C69!\[[(\hat \lambda _n + t)\psi '_n (t) + \psi _n (t)]^2 \], where % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqaqpepeea0xe9qqVa0l% b9peea0lb9sq-JfrVkFHe9peea0dXdarVe0Fb9pgea0xa9pue9Fve9% Ffc8meGabaqaciGacaGaaeqabaWaaeaaeaaakeaacuaH7oaBgaqcam% aaBaaaleaaieGacaWFUbaabeaaaaa!3A66!\[\hat \lambda _n \] is the maximum-likelihood-estimate of λ and ψn is the empirical Laplace transform, each based on an i.i.d. sample X 1,...,X n .
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Baringhaus, L., Henze, N. A class of consistent tests for exponentiality based on the empirical Laplace transform. Ann Inst Stat Math 43, 551–564 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00053372
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