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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567472
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Book Information:

Author: Martin Jacobsen
Title: Statistical analysis of counting processes
Additional book information: Lecture Notes in Statistics, Vol. 12, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1982, vii + 226 pp., $14.80. ISBN 0-3879-0769-6.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: David P. Harrington
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 9 (1983), 401-407
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1983-15229-1