Aggregating disparate estimates of chance

نویسندگان

  • Daniel N. Osherson
  • Moshe Y. Vardi
چکیده

We consider a panel of experts asked to assign probabilities to events, both logically simple and complex. The events evaluated by different experts are based on overlapping sets of variables but may otherwise be distinct. The union of all the judgments will likely be probabilistic incoherent. We address the problem of revising the probability estimates of the panel so as to produce a coherent set that best represents the group’s expertise.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Games and Economic Behavior

دوره 56  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006