Nonparametric regression analysis of uncertain and imprecise data using belief functions

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-28

  Petit Renaud, Simon ^a,b   Denœux, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer theory; Evidence theory; Function approximation; Fuzzy data; Imprecise data; Regression analysis; Supervised learning; Transferable belief model; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; FUZZY SETS; VECTORS;

RESPONSE VARIABLES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242490050     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0888-613X(03)00056-2     Document Type: Article

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