Perspectives on the theory and practice of belief functions

DOI10.1016/0888-613X(90)90012-QzbMath0714.62001MaRDI QIDQ751097

Publication date: 1990

Published in: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (Search for Journal in Brave)

independence multivalued mappings Dempster-Shafer theory random sets interactive systems theory of belief functions join trees Bayesian theory of subjective probability judgment inner measures lower probabilities probability propagation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Artificial intelligence (68T99)

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