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Probabilistic evaluation of quantile estimators

Matti Pajaria Berakon Ltd., Espoo, FinlandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6706-598XView further author information
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Maria Tikanmäkib VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, FinlandView further author information
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Lasse Makkonenb VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 3319-3337 | Received 14 Jan 2019, Accepted 11 Nov 2019, Published online: 10 Dec 2019

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