Consistent approximations of belief functions

ISIPTA 2009 - Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 139-148

  Cuzzolin, Fabio ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approximation; Consistent belief function; Lp norms; Simplicial complex

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION; APPROXIMATION PROBLEMS; BELIEF FUNCTION; CONSISTENT TRANSFORMATIONS; LP-NORM; PARTIAL APPROXIMATION; REASONING PROCESS; SIMPLICIAL COMPLEX;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960141174     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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