Statistical inference: The minimum distance approach

Statistical Inference: The Minimum Distance Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-403

  Basu, Ayanendranath ^a   Shioya, Hiroyuki ^b   Park, Chanseok ^c  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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