Expert rule versus majority rule under partial information, II

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-99

  Berend, Daniel ^a   Sapir, Luba ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decision rule; Expert rule; Majority rule; Optimality; Probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345099684     PISSN: 11739126     EISSN: 15327612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1173912602000068     Document Type: Article

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