Letter to the editor

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1223-1226

  Yu, Yaming ^a  

^a 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

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EID: 59549087228     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/aap/1231340171     Document Type: Letter

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