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A stochastic analysis of scoring systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Graham Hilford Pollard
Affiliation:
School of Information Sciences, Canberra College of Advanced Education, P.O. Box 1, Belconnon, A.C.T. 2616, Australia
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Abstract

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Type
Abstracts of Australasian PhD Theses
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1988

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