On the foundations of statistics and decision theory.

Bernardo, José M., and Girón, Javier. "On the foundations of statistics and decision theory.." Trabajos de Estadística e Investigación Operativa 34.1 (1983): 107-131. <http://eudml.org/doc/40697>.

@article{Bernardo1983,
abstract = {An elementary axiomatic foundation for decision theory is presented at a general enough level to cover standard applications of Bayesian methods. The intuitive meaning of both axioms and results is stressed. It is argued that statistical inference is a particular decision problem to which the axiomatic argument fully applies.},
author = {Bernardo, José M., Girón, Javier},
journal = {Trabajos de Estadística e Investigación Operativa},
keywords = {Teoría de la decisión; Estadística; Inferencia estadística; Axiomas; Aproximación; axiomatics; coherence; degree of belief; inference; information; utility},
language = {eng},
number = {1},
pages = {107-131},
title = {On the foundations of statistics and decision theory.},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/40697},
volume = {34},
year = {1983},
}

TY - JOUR
AU - Bernardo, José M.
AU - Girón, Javier
TI - On the foundations of statistics and decision theory.
JO - Trabajos de Estadística e Investigación Operativa
PY - 1983
VL - 34
IS - 1
SP - 107
EP - 131
AB - An elementary axiomatic foundation for decision theory is presented at a general enough level to cover standard applications of Bayesian methods. The intuitive meaning of both axioms and results is stressed. It is argued that statistical inference is a particular decision problem to which the axiomatic argument fully applies.
LA - eng
KW - Teoría de la decisión; Estadística; Inferencia estadística; Axiomas; Aproximación; axiomatics; coherence; degree of belief; inference; information; utility
UR - http://eudml.org/doc/40697
ER -