Inferential Models: A Framework for Prior-Free Posterior Probabilistic Inference

DOI10.1080/01621459.2012.747960OpenAlexW2140773653MaRDI QIDQ4916948

Chuanhai Liu, Ryan Martin

Publication date: 26 April 2013

Published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4091

zbMATH Keywords

validitybelief functionscore functionplausibility functionpredictive random set

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistics (62-XX)

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