Entropy and specificity in a mathematical theory of evidence

Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing

Volumn 219, Issue , 2008, Pages 291-310

  Yager, Ronald R ^a  

^a MACHINE INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief; Entropy; Fuzzy sets; Plausibility; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649102481     PISSN: 14349922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-44792-4_11     Document Type: Review

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