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It is shown that the relative convex hulls of the acceptance regions decrease. The researcher can only conjecture that the limiting test is "best" in the sense that it can not be improved any further. The conjecture is solved for the case of a discrete dominating measure.","Moreover, the Likelihood Ratio Test (L.R.T.) conjecture, proposed by J. Marden in an NSF proposal (1982), is addressed and partially solved in this thesis. The L.R.T. conjecture states that the more restrictions which are put on the alternative space, the higher the power of the L.R.T.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-16T18:31:30Z (GMT). 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