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Distribution-free confidence intervals for quantiles and tolerance intervals in terms of k-records

J. Ahmadi School of Mathematical Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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N. Balakrishnan Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaView further author information
Pages 1219-1233 | Received 02 Nov 2007, Published online: 24 Sep 2009

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