Towards a consensus of opinion

This thesis addresses the problem of combining the prior density functions, f[sub=1],…,f[subn], of n individuals. In the first of two parts, various systems of axioms are developed which characterize successively the linear opinion pool, A(f[sub=1],...,f[sub=n]) = Σ[sup=n; sub= i=1] w[sub=i] f[s...

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Main Author: Genest, Christian
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24289