Conditional models: Coherence and inference through sequences of joint mass functions

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1805-1833

  Miranda, Enrique ^a   Zaffalon, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b DALLE MOLLE INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IDSIA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coherent lower previsions; Desirable gambles; Natural extension; Regular extension; Sets of mass functions; Weak and strong coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949333204     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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