Modeling partially reliable information sources: A general approach based on Dempster-Shafer theory

Information Fusion

Volumn 7, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 361-379

  Haenni, Rolf ^a   Hartmann, Stephan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combining testimonial reports; Dempster Shafer theory; Judgment aggregation; Probabilistic algorithms; Probabilistic argumentation; Sensor fusion; Unreliable sources

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

COMBINING TESTIMONIAL REPORTS; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; JUDGMENT AGGREGATION; PROBABILISTIC ALGORITHMS; PROBABILISTIC ARGUMENTATION; SENSOR FUSION; UNRELIABLE SOURCES;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 33750947145     PISSN: 15662535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inffus.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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