Student's t-test for Gaussian scale mixtures

Journal of Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 6497-6505

  Bakirov, N K ^a   Szekely G J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

^b ALFRÉD RÉNYI INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Hungary)

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EID: 33750531237     PISSN: 10723374     EISSN: 15738795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10958-006-0366-5     Document Type: Article

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