Change rules for hierarchical beliefs

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-183

  Walliser, B ^a   Zwirn, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

Author keywords

Belief change; Focusing; Hierarchical belief; Objective probability; Revising; Subjective probability; Updating

Indexed keywords

BELIEF CHANGE; HIERARCHICAL BELIEF; OBJECTIVE PROBABILITIES; REVISING; SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY; UPDATING;

FOCUSING;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 78651378040     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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