Probabilistic argumentation systems: A new perspective on the Dempster-Shafer theory

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-106

  Haenni, Rolf ^a   Lehmann, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

PROBABILISTIC ARGUMENTATION SYSTEMS (PAS);

PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

EID: 0037252628     PISSN: 08848173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/int.10076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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