Linear regression in astronomy. I

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 104-113

  Isobe, Takashi ^a,b   Feigelson, Eric D ^a   Akritas, Michael G ^a   Babu, Gutti Jogesh ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Galaxies: general; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 11944270352     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/169390     Document Type: Article

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