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Title: Efficient computation for differential network analysis with applications to quadratic discriminant analysis
Award ID(s):
1908969
NSF-PAR ID:
10192188
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
Volume:
144
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0167-9473
Page Range / eLocation ID:
106884
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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