Completing a total uncertainty measure in the Dempster-Shafer theory

International Journal of General Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-314

  Abellán, Joaquín ^a,b   Moral, Serafín ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c University of Granada ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; ICHIHASHI MODELS; MAEDA MODELS;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 0033354941     PISSN: 03081079     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1080/03081079908935240     Document Type: Article

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