Applied asymptotics case studies in small-sample statistics

Applied Asymptotics Case Studies in Small-Sample Statistics

Volumn 9780521847032, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-236

  Brazzale, A R ^a   Davison, A C ^b   Reid, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511611131     Document Type: Book

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