Probability updating using second order probabilities and conditional event algebra

Information sciences

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-347

  Goodman, I R ^a   Nguyen, H T ^b  

^a Naval Command   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CONDITIONAL EVENT ALGEBRA; DIRICHLET DISTRIBUTION; JUDY BENJAMIN (JB) PROBLEM; SECOND ORDER PROBABILITY;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 0033361449     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-0255(99)00089-4     Document Type: Article

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