Combination of partially non-distinct beliefs: The cautious-adaptive rule

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1000-1021

  Kallel, Abdelaziz ^a   Hégarat Mascle, Sylvie Le ^b  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Combination rule; Consonant belief; Discounting; Evidence theory; Separable belief

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMBINATION RULES; CONSONANT BELIEF; DISCOUNTING; EVIDENCE THEORIES; SEPARABLE BELIEF;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 67449143208     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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