On transformations of belief functions to probabilities

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-282

  Daniel, Milan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

BELIEF FUNCTIONS; PROBABILISTIC TRANSFORMATION; PROBABILISTIC TRANSFORMATIONS;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 33645280036     PISSN: 08848173     EISSN: 1098111X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/int.20134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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