Graphoid properties of epistemic irrelevance and independence

Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 173-195

  Cozman, Fabio G ^a   Walley, Peter ^b  

^a Hospital Universitario   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conditional independence; Credal set; Epistemic independence; Graphoid axioms; Imprecise probability; Lower prevision

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544446540     PISSN: 10122443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10472-005-9004-z     Document Type: Article

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