Subjectivity in inductive inference

Theoretical Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-215

  Gilboa, Itzhak ^a,b   Samuelson, Larry ^c  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inductive inference; Learning; Prediction; Simplicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862061634     PISSN: 19336837     EISSN: 15557561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/TE845     Document Type: Article

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