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Letter to the Editor—Attempts to Validate Certain PERT Statistics or “Picking on PERT”

Frank E. Grubbs
Frank E. Grubbs
Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
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Frank E. Grubbs

Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

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Published Online:1 Dec 1962https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.10.6.912

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November-December 1962

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