The normative representation of quantified beliefs by belief functions

Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 229-242

  Smets, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belief functions; Quantified belief; Requirements for belief; Subjective probabilities; Transferable belief model

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

BELIEF FUNCTIONS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0031141157     PISSN: 00043702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0004-3702(96)00054-9     Document Type: Article

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