Bridging Different Eras in Sports

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 94, Issue 447, 1999, Pages 661-676

  Berry, Scott M ^a   Reese, C Shane ^b   Larkey, Patrick D ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging function; Bridge model; Hierarchical model; Population dynamics; Random curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542427885     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1999.10474163     Document Type: Article

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