A theory of frame transformations for belief combination

Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 187-213

  Alvarez, Sergio A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Approximate reasoning; Belief; Certainty; Combination; Conjugacy; Evidence; Frame

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043148607     PISSN: 10122443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:amai.0000012866.73509.10     Document Type: Article

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