A benefit analysis of screening for invasive species - base-rate uncertainty and the value of information

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 500-508

  Sahlin, Ullrika ^a,b   Rydén, Tobias ^a   Nyberg, Cecilia D ^c   Smith, Henrik G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Base rate effect; Bayesian; Pre posterior; Probabilistic; Risk assessment; Uncertainty; Value of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867662578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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