The accurary of Mathematica 4 as a statistical package

Computational Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 279-299

  McCullough, B D ^a  

^a FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION   (United States)

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EID: 0039250929     PISSN: 09434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00022713     Document Type: Article

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