Simplicity and likelihood: An axiomatic approach
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2010.03.010
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- Gilboa, Itzhak & Schmeidler, David, 2010. "Simplicity and likelihood: An axiomatic approach," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 145(5), pages 1757-1775, September.
- Itzhak Gilboa & David Schmeidler, 2008. "Simplicity and Likelihood: An Axiomatic Approach," Levine's Working Paper Archive 122247000000001970, David K. Levine.
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Maximum likelihood; Simplicity; Model selection; Akaike Information Criterion; Minimum Description Length; Axioms;All these keywords.
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