Simplicity, Inference and Modelling

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Publication date 4 June 2003

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511493164

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Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Collections of articles of miscellaneous specific interest (00B15) Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc. pertaining to statistics (62-06)

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