Unfathomable nature and government policy

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 463-476

  Curnow, Robert N ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0039842752     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00205     Document Type: Article

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