--- title: "Goodness-of-Fit Testing for Location-Scale Distributions via Lorenz Curve" author: "Shikhar Tyagi, Arvind Pandey, Bhupendra Singh, Vrijesh Tripathi" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{Goodness-of-Fit Testing for Location-Scale Distributions via Lorenz Curve} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- ```{r setup, include = FALSE} knitr::opts_chunk$set( collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>" ) ``` ## Introduction The **`gofLorenz`** package implements goodness-of-fit (GoF) test statistics and graphical methods for location-scale distributions under progressive Type-II censoring, based on the research by **Lee (2024)**. The testing approach uses the modified Lorenz curve ($mLC$) and ratio modified sample Lorenz curve ($rLC$) to assess how effectively observed failure times align with a target theoretical location-scale distribution. In addition to Lee (2024)'s test statistics ($L^+, L^-, L^{(1)}, L^{(2)}, L^{(3)}, L^{(4)}$), the package computes order statistics distance test statistics ($C^+, C^-, C_m, K_m, T^{(1)}, T^{(2)}$) proposed by **Pakyari and Balakrishnan (2013)** for comparison. ## Progressive Type-II Censoring Scheme In progressive Type-II censoring, $n$ units are placed on test. Upon observing the 1st failure ($X_{1:m:n}$), $R_1$ surviving units are randomly removed. Upon observing the 2nd failure ($X_{2:m:n}$), $R_2$ surviving units are randomly removed. Finally, upon observing the $m$-th failure ($X_{m:m:n}$), all remaining $R_m = n - m - \sum_{i=1}^{m-1} R_i$ units are removed. ## Example 1: Breaking Strength Data (Normal Distribution) Consider the breaking strength data ($n = 20$, $m = 8$) with progressive censoring scheme $R = (0, 4, 1, 3, 0, 2, 0, 2)$: ```{r example1} library(gofLorenz) data(breaking_strength) x1 <- breaking_strength$x n1 <- breaking_strength$n m1 <- breaking_strength$m R1 <- breaking_strength$R # Perform Goodness-of-Fit Test for Normal Distribution fit1 <- gof_lorenz(x = x1, n = n1, m = m1, R = R1, dist = "norm", mc_rep = 200) print(fit1) ``` ### Visual Diagnostic: L-plot The `lorenz_plot()` function graphs $L\text{-plot}(p_{j:m:n}) = |1 - rLC(p_{j:m:n})|$ versus $p_{j:m:n}$. Convergence near 0 supports the hypothesized distribution. ```{r lplot1, fig.width = 6, fig.height = 4} plot(fit1) ``` ## Example 2: Insulating Fluid Data (Gumbel Distribution) Consider log-transformed insulating fluid test data ($n = 19$, $m = 8$) with scheme $R = (0, 0, 3, 0, 3, 0, 0, 5)$: ```{r example2} data(insulating_fluid) x2 <- insulating_fluid$x n2 <- insulating_fluid$n m2 <- insulating_fluid$m R2 <- insulating_fluid$R # Perform Goodness-of-Fit Test for Gumbel Distribution fit2 <- gof_lorenz(x = x2, n = n2, m = m2, R = R2, dist = "gumbel", mc_rep = 200) summary(fit2) ``` ## References - Lee, K. (2024). A New Test Statistic to Assess the Goodness of Fit of Location-Scale Distribution Based on Progressive Censored Data. *Symmetry*, 16(2), 202. - Pakyari, R., & Balakrishnan, N. (2013). Goodness-of-fit tests for progressively Type II censored data from location-scale distribution. *Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation*, 83(1), 167–178.