Possibility theory and statistical reasoning
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Possibility theory and statistical reasoning
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0167-9473
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.04.015