On Neyman-Pearson Principle in Multiple Hypotheses Testing
Keywords:
Multiple hypotheses, Optimal statistical test, Error probability, Neyman-Pearson LemmaAbstract
The aim of this paper is to newly generalize the classical Neyman-Pearson Lemma to the case of more than two simple hypotheses.
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