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Ross, A., Nandakumar, K., Jain, A.K. (2008). Introduction to Multibiometrics. In: Jain, A.K., Flynn, P., Ross, A.A. (eds) Handbook of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71041-9_14

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