Integrating uncertainty in time series population forecasts: An illustration using a simple projection model

Demographic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1181-1226

  Abel, Guy J ^a   Bijak, Jakub ^b   Forster, Jonathan J ^b   Raymer, James ^c   Smith, Peter W F ^b   Wong, Jackie S T ^d  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^b School of Geography and Geosciences   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84920507077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.43     Document Type: Article

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