De Finetti's Contribution to Probability and Statistics

This paper summarizes the scientific activity of de Finetti in probability and statistics. It falls into three sections: Section 1 includes an essential biography of de Finetti and a survey of the basic features of the scientific milieu in which he took the first steps of his scientific career; Sect...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Statistical Science. - Institute of Mathematical Statistics. - 11(1996), 4, Seite 253-282
1. Verfasser:	Cifarelli, Donato Michele (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Regazzini, Eugenio
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	1996
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Statistical Science
Schlagworte:	Associative mean Bayesian nonparametric statistics Bayes-Laplace paradigm completely additive probabilities correlation and monotone dependence exchangeable and partially exchangeable random variables finitely additive probabilities gambler's ruin Glivenko-Cantelli theorem infinitely decomposable laws mehr... predictive inference prevision principle of coherence processes with independent increments reasoning by induction statistical decision subjective probability utility function Mathematics Behavioral sciences