Review and analysis of some inconsistencies related to improper priors and finite additivity

Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics

Volumn 104, Issue C, 1982, Pages 413-426

  Stone, Mervyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956969177     PISSN: 0049237X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-237X(09)70210-1     Document Type: Article

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