Performance targets and the Brier score

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-194

  Roulston, Mark S ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brier score; Hedging; Propriety; Risk neutrality; Targets; Utility; Verification

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; TARGETS; VERIFICATION; WOODEN FENCES;

BRIER SCORE; HEDGING; PROPRIETY; RISK NEUTRALITY; UTILITY;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

FORECASTING METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RANKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34447097430     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.21     Document Type: Article

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