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On minimum variance unbiased estimation for truncated binomial and negative binomial distributions

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    T. Cacoullos & Ch. Charalambides

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Cacoullos, T., Charalambides, C. On minimum variance unbiased estimation for truncated binomial and negative binomial distributions. Ann Inst Stat Math 27, 235–244 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02504642

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