A sigmoid approximation of the standard normal integral

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-95

  Waissi, Gary R ^a   Rossin, Donald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

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EID: 0008179544     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0096-3003(95)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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