Optimal elicitation of probabilistic information from experts

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 239, Issue , 2004, Pages 127-145

  Curtis, Andrew ^a,b   Wood, Rachel ^a,c  

^a SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; GEOLOGY;

EID: 14244263342     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.239.01.09     Document Type: Article

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