A framework for expert judgment to assess oil and gas resources

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-107

  Schuenemeyer, John H ^a  

^a Southwest Statistical Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

ANWR; Petroleum resource estimation; Subjective probability estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642560102     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015512002249     Document Type: Article

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