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Marcellin Martinie¹, Tom Wilkening², Piers D L Howe¹

¹Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

|April 25, 2020

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This study introduces a new method for improving probabilistic forecasts by using meta-predictions, outperforming existing approaches. It effectively leverages hidden expertise when traditional expert identification is not possible.

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Area of Science:

Decision Science
Computational Social Science
Behavioral Economics

Background:

Improving probabilistic forecasts is crucial for decision-making.
Leveraging expert forecasts requires identifying forecaster performance on past questions.
Identifying expertise is challenging when historical performance data is unavailable.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel algorithm for aggregating probabilistic forecasts.
To utilize forecasters' meta-predictions about others' predictions.
To address limitations in identifying and leveraging expertise in forecasting.

Main Methods:

Developed a novel algorithm for probabilistic forecast aggregation.
Incorporated forecasters' meta-predictions into the aggregation process.
Tested an extremised version of the algorithm against existing methods.

Main Results:

The proposed algorithm significantly outperformed current forecasting approaches.
Performance was evaluated on 500 diverse binary decision problems.
The algorithm demonstrated superior accuracy in leveraging latent expertise.

Conclusions:

Meta-predictions offer a powerful tool for enhancing probabilistic forecasting.
The novel algorithm effectively identifies and utilizes hidden expertise.
This approach is valuable in scenarios where traditional expertise identification is infeasible.