The well-calibrated bayesian

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 77, Issue 379, 1982, Pages 605-610

  Dawid, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Coherence; Martingale; Probability forecasting; Subjectivism; Weather forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950454029     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1982.10477856     Document Type: Article

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