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This work was supported in part by the office of Naval Research Contract Nonr-225 (52) and National Science Foundation Grant GP 2220 at Stanford University. Reproduction in whole or in part is permitted for any purpose of the United States Government.
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Chernoff, H. Estimation of the mode. Ann Inst Stat Math 16, 31–41 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02868560
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