Dynamic estimation of evidence discounting rates based on information credibility

RAIRO - Operations Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-306

  Florea, M C ^a   Jousselme, A L ^b   Bosse E ^b  

^a THALES   (France)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Credibility; Dempster Shafer theory; Discounting; Evidence theory; Fusion architecture

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION FUSION; TOPOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CREDIBILITY; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; DISCOUNTING; EVIDENCE THEORIES; FUSION ARCHITECTURE;

PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

EID: 78651266943     PISSN: 03990559     EISSN: 28047303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ro/2010022     Document Type: Article

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