Variation Diminishing Transformations: A Direct Approach to Total Positivity and its Statistical Applications

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DOI10.2307/2287577zbMath0481.62021OpenAlexW4240709169MaRDI QIDQ3939039

Iain M. Johnstone, Lawrence D. Brown, K. Brenda MacGibbon

Publication date: 1981

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2287577



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