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The theoretical alignment of Bayesian statistics and cumulative prospect theory

The focus of this research is combining Bayesian statistics, in particular Bayesian data analysis, with utility theory.

Richard Torkar Richard Torkar

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A New General Biomarker-based Incidence Estimator

Kassanjee, Reshma; McWalter, Thomas A.; Baernighausen, Till; Macnab, Andrew et al. 2012. A New General Biomarker-based Incidence Estimator. ...

Andrew MacNab Andrew MacNab

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Upscaling biodiversity: estimating the species-area relationship from small samples

Kunin, William E., John Harte, Fangliang He, Cang Hui, R. Todd Jobe, Annette Ostling, Chiara Polce, Arnošt Šizling, Adam B. smith, Krister S...

Bill Kunin Bill Kunin
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