MODEL-BASED DIRECT ESTIMATION OF SMALL-AREA DISTRIBUTIONS
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1369-1473
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2012.00658.x