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A computational approach to estimation of discrete Pareto parameters

Charles K. AmponsahDepartment of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9952-5063
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Tomasz J. KozubowskiDepartment of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 3692-3711 | Received 16 Jul 2020, Accepted 11 Jun 2021, Published online: 14 Jul 2021

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