Robust combination rules for evidence theory

Information Fusion

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-197

  Florea, Mihai Cristian ^a   Jousselme, Anne Laure ^b   Bossé, Éloi ^b   Grenier, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive weightings; Evidence theory; Information fusion; Reliability; Robust combination rules

Indexed keywords

DATA FUSION; INFORMATION FUSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REINFORCEMENT; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY;

ADAPTIVE WEIGHTINGS; DEMPSTER'S RULES; EVIDENCE THEORY; LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; POWERFUL TOOLS; REASONING UNDER UNCERTAINTIES; ROBUST COMBINATION RULES; WEIGHTED SUMS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 58249137772     PISSN: 15662535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inffus.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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