An introduction to prior information derived from probabilistic judgements: Elicitation of knowledge, cognitive bias and herding

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 239, Issue , 2004, Pages 15-27

  Baddeley, Michelle C ^a   Curtis, Andrew ^b,c   Wood, Rachel ^b,d  

^a GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; GEOLOGY; HEURISTICS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 14244263605     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.239.01.02     Document Type: Article

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