The Greatest of a Finite Set of Random Variables

DOI10.1287/opre.9.2.145zbMath0201.51102OpenAlexW2158750015MaRDI QIDQ5600565

Charles E. Clark

Publication date: 1961

Published in: Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.9.2.145

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