Probabilities as Ratios of Ranges in Initial-State Spaces

Journal of Logic, Language and Information

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-236

  Rosenthal, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deterministic chance; Initial state space; Method of arbitrary functions; Objective probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858753641     PISSN: 09258531     EISSN: 15729583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10849-011-9153-x     Document Type: Article

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