Asymptotic learning on Bayesian social networks

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 127-157

  Mossel, Elchanan ^a,b   Sly, Allan ^b   Tamuz, Omer ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation of information; Bayesian learning; Rational expectations; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892870636     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00440-013-0479-y     Document Type: Article

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