Statistical matching of multiple sources: A look through coherence

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 701-711

  Vantaggi, Barbara ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coherence; Conditional probability; Data fusion; Inference; Logical constraints; Statistical matching

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MISSILES; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICS;

COHERENCE; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY; INFERENCE; LOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; STATISTICAL MATCHING;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 55649097518     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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