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Fernholz, L.T. (2011). Target Estimation: A New Approach to Parametric Estimation. In: Lovric, M. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04898-2_586
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