Comparison of confidence intervals for the Poisson mean: Some new aspects

REVSTAT-Statistical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-227

  Patil, V V ^a   Kulkarni, H V ^a  

^a Tuljaram Chaturchand College   (India)

Author keywords

Comparison; Confidence intervals (CI); Poisson mean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865626187     PISSN: 16456726     EISSN: 21830371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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