Some perspectives on statistical computing

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-226

  Gentleman, Robert ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computing; Software; Training of statisticians

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044231378     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3315925     Document Type: Review

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