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EXTREME VALUE ANALYSIS AND ORDER STATISTICS

Bringing Closure to the Plotting Position Controversy

Lasse Makkonen VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 460-467 | Received 27 Oct 2006, Accepted 27 Apr 2007, Published online: 30 Jan 2008

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