An introduction to prior information derived from probabilistic judgements: Elicitation of knowledge, cognitive bias and herding
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1. Faculty of Economics and Politics; Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge CB2 1TA, UK. [email protected] 2. Schlumberger Cambridge Research, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EL, UK. 3. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Edinburgh University, Grant Institute, West Mains Rd., Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK. 4. Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK.
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