Combining probabilistic and subjective assessments of error to provide realistic appraisals of demographic forecast uncertainty: Alho's approach

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 523-526

  Carter, Lawrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alho's approach; Demographic forecast uncertainty; Probabilistic and subjective

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITIQUE; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; EVALUATION; FORECASTING; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION FORECAST; POPULATION PROJECTION; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; WORLD;

CRITIQUE; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; EVALUATION; POPULATION FORECAST; POPULATION PROJECTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; WORLD;

EVALUATION STUDIES; FORECASTING; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032252968     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(98)00057-0     Document Type: Article

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