Updating Subjective Probability.

Abstract

This paper discusses some of the mathematical properties of Jeffrey's rule for revising a probability P to a new probability P*, connecting it with sufficient partitions, and maximum entropy updating of contingency tables. The main results concern simultaneous revision on two partitions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 02, 1982
Accession Number
ADA115391

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  • Persi Diaconis
  • Sandy L. Zabell

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  • Stanford University

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