Statistical biases in stellar astronomy: the Malmquist bias revisited
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0035-8711,1365-2966
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09306.x