
72 Testing parametric hypotheses
(September 337 – April 342) and Constantius II (September 337 –
November 361).
Figure 7.1 Empirical distribution function
b
F
n
of the durations of reigns (in
days) according to Kienast [1990] and its approximation by the exponential
distribution function (solid line). The solid line with asterisks is the graph of
the compensator K
n
. For the composition of K
n
and asymptotic behaviour of
the difference
b
F
n
−K
n
see the next section.
Figure 7.1 shows the empirical distribution function of the dura-
tions of reigns and its approximation by the exponential distribution
function. Visually the fit is good. The value of the statistic (7.1) ...