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Asymptotic normality of estimators for parameters of a multivariate skew-normal distribution

Tõnu KolloInstitute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Tartu, Tartu, EstoniaView further author information
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Meelis KäärikInstitute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Tartu, Tartu, EstoniaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anne SelartInstitute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Tartu, Tartu, EstoniaView further author information
Pages 3640-3655 | Received 21 Nov 2016, Accepted 26 Jul 2017, Published online: 23 Oct 2017

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