Computation of derivatives by means of the power-series algorithm

INFORMS Journal on Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-54

  Blanc, J P C ^a   Van Der Mei, R D ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 3142627564     PISSN: 10919856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/ijoc.8.1.45     Document Type: Article

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