An umbral setting for cumulants and factorial moments

European Journal of Combinatorics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 394-413

  Di Nardo, E ^a   Senato, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

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EID: 32944474244     PISSN: 01956698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejc.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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