Wellmann, Robin; Harmand, Peter; Müller, Christine H. - In: Journal of Multivariate Analysis 100 (2009) 4, pp. 622-635
A general approach for developing distribution-free tests for general linear models based on simplicial depth is presented. In most relevant cases, the test statistic is a degenerated U-statistic so that the spectral decomposition of the conditional expectation of the kernel function is needed...