Elaboration on two points raised in "classifier technology and the illusion of progress"

Statistical Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-26

  Holte, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 33745903917     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/088342306000000033     Document Type: Review

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