Methods For Combining Experts' Probability Assessments

Author:

Jacobs Robert A.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA

Abstract

This article reviews statistical techniques for combining multiple probability distributions. The framework is that of a decision maker who consults several experts regarding some events. The experts express their opinions in the form of probability distributions. The decision maker must aggregate the experts' distributions into a single distribution that can be used for decision making. Two classes of aggregation methods are reviewed. When using a supra Bayesian procedure, the decision maker treats the expert opinions as data that may be combined with its own prior distribution via Bayes' rule. When using a linear opinion pool, the decision maker forms a linear combination of the expert opinions. The major feature that makes the aggregation of expert opinions difficult is the high correlation or dependence that typically occurs among these opinions. A theme of this paper is the need for training procedures that result in experts with relatively independent opinions or for aggregation methods that implicitly or explicitly model the dependence among the experts. Analyses are presented that show that m dependent experts are worth the same as k independent experts where k ≤ m. In some cases, an exact value for k can be given; in other cases, lower and upper bounds can be placed on k.

Publisher

MIT Press - Journals

Subject

Cognitive Neuroscience,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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