Characterization of coherent conditional probabilities as a tool for their assessment and extension

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-127

  Coletti, Giulianella ^a   Scozzafava, Romano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coherence; Conditional probability; Probability assessment and extensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003185965     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021848859600007X     Document Type: Article

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