Fitting distributions using maximum likelihood: Methods and packages

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 742-756

  Cousineau, Denis ^a   Brown, Scott ^b   Heathcote, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 6444222457     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206555     Document Type: Review

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