Rapid evaluation of the inverse of the normal distribution function
DOI10.1016/0167-7152(94)90174-0zbMATH Open0798.65132OpenAlexW2051039768MaRDI QIDQ1324541FDOQ1324541
Authors: John C. W. Marsaglia, George Marsaglia, Arif Zaman 
Publication date: 30 October 1994
Published in: Statistics \& Probability Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-7152(94)90174-0
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