WILEY SERIES IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

APPLIED PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS SECTION

Established by WALTER A. SHEWHART and SAMUEL S. WILKS

Editors: Vic Barnett, Noel A. C. Cressie, Nicholas I. Fisher, Iain M. Johnstone, J. B. Kadane, David W. Scott, Bernard W. Silverman, Adrian F. M. Smith, Jozef L. Teugels; Ralph A. Bradley, Emeritus, J. Stuart Hunter, Emeritus, David G. Kendall, Emeritus

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