Cumulative distribution functions from Dempster-Shafer belief structures

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2080-2087

  Yager, Ronald R ^a  

^a MACHINE INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THEOREM PROVING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DEMPSTER-SHAFER BELIEF STRUCTURES; FUZZY MODELS; UNCERTAINTY;

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION; FUZZY LOGIC; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FUZZY LOGIC; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 4844225945     PISSN: 10834419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2004.833772     Document Type: Article

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