Conditional probabilistic population forecasting

International Statistical Review

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-166

  Sanderson, Warren C ^a   Scherbov, Sergei ^b   O'Neill, Brian C ^c,d   Lutz, Wolfgang ^b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Population forecasting; Probabilistic forecasting; Scenario analysis; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142672761     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2004.tb00230.x     Document Type: Article

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