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Subexponential distribution functions and some applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Paul Embrechts
Affiliation:
Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven
Charles M. Goldie
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
N. Veraverbeke
Affiliation:
Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Diepenbeek

Abstract

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Type
Eighth Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1979 

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