A definition of subjective possibility

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 352-364

  Dubois, Didier ^a   Prade, Henri ^a   Smets, Philippe ^b  

^a IRIT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belief functions; Possibility theory; Probability possibility transformation; Subjective probability

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; GAME THEORY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

BELIEF FUNCTIONS; POSSIBILITY THEORY; PROBABILITY POSSIBILITY TRANSFORMATION; SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 42649096316     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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