Linear models in the mathematics of uncertainty

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 463, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mordeson, John N ^a   Wierman, Mark J ^a   Clark, Terry D ^a   Pham, Alex ^a   Redmond, Michael A ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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