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Theory and Method

Marginalization and Linear Opinion Pools

K. J. McConway The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
Pages 410-414 | Received 01 Apr 1980, Published online: 12 Mar 2012

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