Surprise maximization

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 517-527

  Borwein, David ^a   Borwein, Jonathan M ^b   Maréchal, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

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EID: 0034347421     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2589347     Document Type: Article

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