False precision in Bayesian updating with incomplete models

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-304

  Small, Mitchell J ^a   Fischbeck, Paul S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22644450371     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039991289446     Document Type: Review

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