Second-order exchangeability analysis for multimodel ensembles

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 503, 2013, Pages 852-863

  Rougier, Jonathan ^a   Goldstein, Michael ^b   House, Leanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes linear prediction; Climate sensitivity; Computer experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887280821     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2013.802963     Document Type: Article

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