A Split-combination Method for Merging Inconsistent Possibilistic Knowledge Bases

Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference, KR 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 348-356

  Qi, Guilin ^a,b   Liu, Weiru ^a   Glass, David H ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

COMBINATION METHOD; COMBINATION MODES; FUSION PROCESS; POSSIBILISTIC; POSSIBILISTIC LOGIC; SPLITTING METHOD; SPLITTINGS; T - NORM; T-CONORMS;

MERGING;

EID: 26944483357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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