The application of the matrix calculus to belief functions

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-30

  Smets, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belief functions; Matrix; Transferable belief model

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

BELIEF FUNCTIONS;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0036787913     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0888-613X(02)00066-X     Document Type: Article

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