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Inaugural Address — Concept and Conduct of Calgary Course and Conference: Some Thoughts

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A Modern Course on Statistical Distributions in Scientific Work

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Patil, G.P. (1975). Inaugural Address — Concept and Conduct of Calgary Course and Conference: Some Thoughts. In: Patil, G.P., Kotz, S., Ord, J.K. (eds) A Modern Course on Statistical Distributions in Scientific Work. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1842-5_1

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