Dynamic trends in distributions

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 587-603

  Voit, Eberhard O ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

S distribution; S system; Statistical Distribution; Transformation; Trend

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC FUNCTIONS; APPLICATION AREA; CONDITION; NOT GIVEN; S-DISTRIBUTION; S-SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMATION; TREND;

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0030519577     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710380507     Document Type: Article

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