Random scenario forecasts versus stochastic forecasts

International Statistical Review

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-199

  Tuljapurkar, Shripad ^a   Lee, Ronald D ^b   Li, Qi ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependency ratio; Population forecast; Probabilistic forecast; Random scenario; Scenario; Trajectory; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142677181     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2004.tb00232.x     Document Type: Article

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