Maximum entropy aggregation of expert predictions

Management Science

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1420-1436

  Myung, Jae ^a   Ramamoorti, Sridhar ^a   Bailey Jr , Andrew D ^a  

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Author keywords

Aggregation; Consensus; Decision Aids; Expert Opinion; Information Theory; Maximum Entropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000275965     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.10.1420     Document Type: Article

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