Distribution-Free Signs and Ranks via Optimal Transport under Multivariate Symmetry and Application to One-Sample Location Testing
多元对称下基于最优传输的分布无关符号、秩与单样本位置检验
We propose a novel and unified framework for distribution-free testing under multivariate symmetry (that includes central symmetry, sign symmetry, spherical symmetry, etc.) based on the theory of optimal transport. Our approach leads to notions of distribution-free generalized multivariate signs, absolute ranks and signed-ranks. As a consequence, we develop analogues of the sign and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests that share many of the appealing properties of their…