Representing rules as random sets, I: Statistical correlations between rules

Information Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 47-68

  Mahler, Ronald P S ^a  

^a Loral Defense Systems Eagan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

RANDOM SETS; STATISTICAL CORRELATIONS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029774979     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-0255(95)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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