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The problem of monitoring trends for changes at unknown times is considered. Statistics which permit one to focus high power on a segment of the monitored period are studied. Numerical procedures are developed to compute the null distribution of these statistics.
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Tang, S.M., Macneill, I.B. Monitoring statistics which have increased power over a reduced time range. Environ Monit Assess 23, 189–203 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00406961
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