Stochastic population forecasts based on conditional expert opinions

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 491-511

  Billari, F C ^a   Graziani, R ^a   Melilli, E ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conditional expert opinions; Italy; Official population projections; Random scenario; Stochastic population forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858447301     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2011.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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