Goodness-of-fit tests based on the Cramér-von Mises statistics are given for the Poisson distribution. Power comparisons show that these statistics, particularly A2, give good overall tests of fit.

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society), Vol. 178, No. 1 (JANUARY 2015), pp. 167-186 (20 pages) We develop a statistical model for the analysis and forecasting of ...