Maximum Likelihood Estimator and Likelihood Ratio Test in Complex Models: An Application to B Lymphocyte Development

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1131-1139

  Gorfine, Malka ^a   Freedman, Laurence ^a   Shahaf, Gitit ^a   Mehr, Ramit ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0344962432     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8240(03)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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