18 Small sample asymptotics: Applications in robustness

Handbook of Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue , 1997, Pages 513-536

  Field, C A ^a   Tingley, M A ^a  

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EID: 0000519534     PISSN: 01697161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7161(97)15020-9     Document Type: Review

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