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In the present paper we suggest a procedure for the determination of the number of outliers in exponential and Pareto samples, using the predictive interval approach.
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Jeevanand, E.S., Nair, N.U. On determining the number of outliers in exponential and Pareto samples. Statistical Papers 39, 277–290 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02929704
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