Updating probabilities

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 872, Issue , 2006, Pages 31-42

  Caticha, Ariel ^a   Giffin, Adom ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 33845657488     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2423258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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