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Approximate marginal densities of independent parameters. / Kharroubi, Samer A.

In: Statistics: A Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, Vol. 46, No. 4, 08.2011, p. 1-13.

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Kharroubi, SA 2011, 'Approximate marginal densities of independent parameters', Statistics: A Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/02331888.2010.540667

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Kharroubi, S. A. (2011). Approximate marginal densities of independent parameters. Statistics: A Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, 46(4), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/02331888.2010.540667

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Kharroubi SA. Approximate marginal densities of independent parameters. Statistics: A Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics. 2011 Aug;46(4):1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/02331888.2010.540667

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Kharroubi, Samer A. / Approximate marginal densities of independent parameters. In: Statistics: A Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics. 2011 ; Vol. 46, No. 4. pp. 1-13.

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