General correction mechanisms for weakening or reinforcing belief functions

2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mercier, David ^a   Denœux, Thierry ^a   Masson, Marie Hélène ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

De discounting; Dempster Shafer theory; Discounting; Evidence theory

Indexed keywords

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

APPLICATIONS.; BELIEF FUNCTION; BELIEF FUNCTIONS; DE-DISCOUNTING; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; DISCOUNT RATES; DISCOUNTING; EVIDENCE THEORY; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INVERSE OPERATION; PARAMETERIZED;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 50149112836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIF.2006.301594     Document Type: Conference Paper

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