Dclone: Data Cloning in R

R Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 29-37

  Sólymos, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84855560675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32614/rj-2010-011     Document Type: Article

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