Evidence, Evidence Functions, and Error Probabilities

Philosophy of Statistics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 513-532

  Taper, Mark L ^a   Lele, Subhash R ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84862734587     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-51862-0.50015-0     Document Type: Chapter

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