A lognormal approximation for the collector’s problem

American Statistician

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Read, K L Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collector s problem; Lognormal approximation; Matching of moments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032371522     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1998.10480558     Document Type: Article

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