The existence of optimal parameters of the generalized logistic function

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 281-294

  Jukić, Dragan ^a   Scitovski, Rudolf ^a  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

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EID: 0008176504     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0096-3003(95)00251-0     Document Type: Article

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