On the normalization of fuzzy belief structures

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 127-153

  Yager, Ronald R ^a,b  

^a MACHINE INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dempster's rule; Fuzzy sets; Normalization; Subnormal; Theory of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038869667     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0888-613x(96)00092-8     Document Type: Article

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