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Measuring the uncertainty of population forecasts: a comparison of two approaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Joel E. Cohen
Joel E. Cohen*
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Rockefeller University
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Inference for Stochastic Processes
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Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 1985 , pp. 246 - 247
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1985 

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