Simpler probabilistic population forecasts: Making scenarios work

International Statistical Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-106

  Goldstein, Joshua R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Population forecasting; Population size; Scenarios; Stochastic; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042642189     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2004.tb00226.x     Document Type: Article

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