Belief functions on real numbers

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 181-223

  Smets, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMBER THEORY;

BELIEF FUNCTIONS; REAL NUMBERS; TRANSFERABLE BELIEF MODEL (TBM);

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 27744441822     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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