Nonspecificity for infinite random sets of indexable type

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-306

  Alvarez, Diego A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer evidence theory; Hartley like measure; Infinite random sets; Measures of uncertainty; Nonspecificity

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; NUMBER THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

DEMPSTER-SHAFER EVIDENCE THEORY; HARTLEY LIKE MEASURES; INFINITE RANDOM SETS; MEASURES OF UNCERTAINTY; NONSPECIFICITY;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

EID: 36048964282     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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