Combinatorics, computer algebra and the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 349-364

  Bucchianico, A Di ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

05A15; 05A17; 62 04; 62E15; 62E30; 62G10; 65U05; Computer algebra; Gaussian binomial coefficients; Generating functions; Partitions; Recurrences; Wilcoxon Mann Whitney two sample test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040402927     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(98)00261-4     Document Type: Article

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