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     TITLE = {Asymptotic of maximum likelihood without the {LLN} or {CLT} or
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    AUTHOR = {LeCam, Lucien},
     TITLE = {On some asymptotic properties of maximum likelihood estimates
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    AUTHOR = {Le Cam, L.},
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@book{van-der-vaart,
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@article{wald,
    AUTHOR = {Wald, Abraham},
     TITLE = {Note on the consistency of the maximum likelihood estimate},
   JOURNAL = {Annals of Mathematical Statistics},
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@article{wang,
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