Prof. V.G. Kulkarni
University of North Carolina
Department of Statistics and Operations Research
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3260
USA
vkulkarn@email.unc.edu
ISBN 978-1-4419-1771-3 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-1772-0
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1772-0
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