Models for comparing athletic performances

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 509-521

  Grubb, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non linear fitting; Parametric models; Prediction; World records in running

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012717782     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00151     Document Type: Article

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