Conjunctive and disjunctive combination of belief functions induced by nondistinct bodies of evidence

Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 234-264

  Denœux, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer theory; Distinct evidence; Evidence theory; Idempotence; Information fusion; Transferable belief model

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION FUSION; INFORMATION THEORY;

DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; DISTINCT EVIDENCE; EVIDENCE THEORY; NONDISTINCT BODIES; OVERLAPPING BODIES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 37149055072     PISSN: 00043702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artint.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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