Regular variation and probability: The early years

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 357-363

  Bingham, N H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Probability theory; Regular variation; Tauberian theory

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LIBRARIES; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

PROBABILITY THEORY; TAUBERIAN THEORY;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 33750964486     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2005.11.034     Document Type: Article

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