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Theory and Method

Estimating Population Size with Exponential Failure

Saul Blumenthal Department of Statistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., 40506, USA
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Richard Marcus Systems Development Department, Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, New York, N.Y., 10019, USA
Pages 913-922 | Received 01 Jul 1973, Published online: 05 Apr 2012

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