A modal method for generating binomial variables
DOI10.1080/03610928608829152zbMATH Open0609.65006OpenAlexW2130974529MaRDI QIDQ3750020FDOQ3750020
Authors: C. David Kemp 
Publication date: 1986
Published in: Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610928608829152
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