Symmetric and asymmetric rounding: A review and some new results

AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-271

  Schneeweiss, H ^a   Komlos, J ^a   Ahmad, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric rounding; Euler Maclaurin; Maximum likelihood; Moments; Sheppard's correction; Simple rounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957769766     PISSN: 18638171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10182-010-0125-2     Document Type: Article

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