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9 - Expert Elicitation1

from Part II - Some Widely Used Analysis Tools and Topics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2017

M. Granger Morgan
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Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
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Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis
Including Applications in Science and Technology
, pp. 244 - 273
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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  • M. Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
  • Book: Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis
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  • Book: Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis
  • Online publication: 24 August 2017
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316882665.010
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