MODELLING SEED GERMINATION - AN APPLICATION OF PHASE TYPE DISTRIBUTION

K. Aneesh Kumar (India) and M. Manoharan (India)

Received August 25, 2006

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Keywords and phrases: seed germination, phase type distribution, EMpht program.