Errors associated with simple versus realistic models

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-18

  Buede, Dennis ^a  

^a PO Box 231660   (United States)

Author keywords

Combining models; Data; Experts; Mistakes; Model; Model accuracy; Model errors; Simple models; Theory

Indexed keywords

COMBINING MODEL; DATA; EXPERTS; MISTAKES; MODEL ACCURACY; MODEL ERRORS; THEORY;

MODEL BUILDINGS; MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ERRORS;

EID: 58249086375     PISSN: 1381298X     EISSN: 15729346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10588-008-9047-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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