On the linear structure of betting criterion and the checking of coherence

Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 35, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 83-106

  Biazzo, Veronica ^a   Gilio, Angelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli Matematici   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Alternative theorems; Basic sets; Betting criterion; Computational aspects; Conditional probability bounds; G coherence checking; Not relevant gains; Random gain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036107095     PISSN: 10122443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014570831884     Document Type: Conference Paper

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