The problem of testing for a constant failure rate against alternatives with failure rates involving a single change-point is considered. The asymptotic significance level for tests based on maximal score statistics are shown to involve the solution to a first passage time problem for an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. An example illustrates the methodology.
@article{1176349540,
author = {Matthews, D. E. and Farewell, V. T. and Pyke, R.},
title = {Asymptotic Score-Statistic Processes and Tests for Constant Hazard Against a Change-Point Alternative},
journal = {Ann. Statist.},
volume = {13},
number = {1},
year = {1985},
pages = { 583-591},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1176349540}
}
Matthews, D. E.; Farewell, V. T.; Pyke, R. Asymptotic Score-Statistic Processes and Tests for Constant Hazard Against a Change-Point Alternative. Ann. Statist., Tome 13 (1985) no. 1, pp. 583-591. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1176349540/