On the existence of inferences which are consistent with a given model

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1235-1249

  Berti, Patrizia ^a   Rigo, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardinality; Coherence; Consistent inference; Diffuse probability; Finite additivity; Perfect probability; Posterior bayes rule; Prediction; Sufficient statistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030509887     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1032526966     Document Type: Article

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