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Testing procedures for assessing specific parametric model forms, or for checking the plausibility of simplifying assumptions, play a central role in the mathematical treatment of the uncertain. No certain answers are obtained by testing methods, but at least the uncertainty of these answers is properly quantified. This is the case for tests designed on the two most general data generating mechanisms in practice: distribution/density and regression models. Testing proposals are usually formulated on the Euclidean space, but important challenges arise in non-Euclidean settings, such as when directional variables (i.e., random vectors on the hypersphere) are involved. This work reviews some of the smoothing-based testing procedures for density and regression models that comprise directional variables. The asymptotic distributions of the revised proposals are presented, jointly with some numerical illustrations justifying the need of employing resampling mechanisms for effective test calibration.
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The authors acknowledge the support of project MTM2016-76969-P from the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI), Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). We also thank Eduardo Gil, Eva Gil, Juan J. Gil, and María Angeles Gil for inviting us to contribute to this volume, in memory of Pedro.
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García-Portugués, E., Crujeiras, R.M., González-Manteiga, W. (2018). Smoothing-Based Tests with Directional Random Variables. In: Gil, E., Gil, E., Gil, J., Gil, M. (eds) The Mathematics of the Uncertain. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 142. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73848-2_17
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