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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada

    Paul D. McNicholas, Ryan P. Browne & Paula M. Murray

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McNicholas, P.D., Browne, R.P. & Murray, P.M. Discussion of ‘Model-based clustering and classification with non-normal mixture distributions’ by Lee and McLachlan. Stat Methods Appl 22, 467–472 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10260-013-0248-1

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