Curve fitting, the reliability of inductive inference, and the error-statistical approach

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1046-1066

  Spanos, Aris ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 46649109328     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/525643     Document Type: Conference Paper

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