Eliciting expert beliefs in substantial practical applications

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-35

  O'Hagan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset management; Components of uncertainty; Elicitation tools; Expert opinion; Nuclear waste disposal; Personal probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346856880     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00114     Document Type: Article

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