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Low-dimensional representation of error covariance

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Language: English
Page range: 533 - 553
Submitted on: May 4, 1998
Accepted on: Jan 24, 2000
Published on: Jan 1, 2000
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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