Probability, causality and the empirical world: A Bayes-de Finetti-Popper-Borel synthesis

Statistical Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-57

  Dawid, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borel criterion; Calibration; Falsification; Jeffreys's law

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043067247     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/088342304000000125     Document Type: Review

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