The cautious rule of combination for belief functions and some extensions

2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Denceux, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dempster shafer theory; Distinct evidence; Evidence theory; Idempotence; Transferable belief model

Indexed keywords

DATA FUSION; FUSION REACTIONS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFORMATION FUSION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

BELIEF FUNCTIONS; DEMPSTER'S RULE; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; DISTINCT EVIDENCE; EVIDENCE THEORY; IDEMPOTENCE; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; TRANSFERABLE BELIEF MODEL; TRIANGULAR NORMS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 50149110428     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIF.2006.301572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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