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The essence of Bayes theory is giving probability values to bets. Methods of generating such probabilities are what separate the various theories.
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Hartigan, J.A. (1983). Making Probabilities. In: Bayes Theory. Springer Series in Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8242-3_5
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