Kernel estimation in transect sampling without the shoulder condition

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2277-2296

  Mack, Y P ^a   Quang, Pham X ^b   Zhang, Shunpu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 0042110195     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929908832422     Document Type: Article

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