Harold Silverstone: A perspective

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 393-398

  Vere Jones, David ^a   Mackinnon, Murray J ^b   Silverstone, Brian ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b University of Waikato ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Kendall's S distribution; Minimum logit chi squared estimators; Minimum variance; Plunket Record Book; Silverstone, Harold

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038631216     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-842X.00188     Document Type: Review

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