A neural network classifier based on Dempster-Shafer theory

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-150

  Denœux, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Data fusion; Decision making; Neural networks; Pattern classification; Pattern recognition; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS; VECTORS;

BASIC BELIEF ASSIGNMENTS (BBA); DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY;

MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0033902309     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.833094     Document Type: Article

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