Higher-Order Asymptotic Approximation: Laplace, Saddlepoint, and Related Methods

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 452, 2000, Pages 1358-1364

  Strawderman, Robert L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0442324994     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2000.10474348     Document Type: Article

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