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Generalized Hypergeometric Functions and Exact Distributions of Test Statistics

P. N. RathieInstitute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science State University of Campinas Caixa Postal 6065 13081Campinas, S. P., Brazil
Pages 155-175 | Published online: 14 Aug 2013

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