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Maximum likelihood estimation in the birth-and-death process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

N. Keiding
N. Keiding*
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University of Copenhagen
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Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 1974 , pp. 242 - 244
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1974 

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