Peakedness of Distributions of Convex Combinations

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DOI10.1214/aoms/1177699798zbMath0138.41104OpenAlexW2136005082MaRDI QIDQ5513496

Frank Proschan

Publication date: 1965

Published in: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177699798




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