Some properties of a random set approximation to upper and lower distribution functions

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 174-184

  Tonon, Fulvio ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Credal sets; Dempster Shafer upper and lower probabilities; Independence; Measurable selections; Outer discretization method; Random intervals; Random sets

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY;

CREDAL SETS; LOWER PROBABILITIES; MEASURABLE SELECTIONS; OUTER DISCRETIZATION METHOD; RANDOM INTERVALS; RANDOM SETS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 40049098803     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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