The reduction and fusion of fuzzy covering systems based on the evidence theory

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-103

  Feng, Tao ^a,b   Zhang, Shao Pu ^c   Mi, Ju Sheng ^a  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHIJIAZHUANG TIEDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Approximation operator; Evidence theory; Fuzzy covering; Information fusion; Reduction

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION OPERATORS; BELIEF AND PLAUSIBILITY; BELIEF STRUCTURES; DECISION SYSTEMS; EVIDENCE THEORIES; FUZZY COVERING; INFORMATION SOURCES; MAXIMUM FLOWS; PROBABILITY MODELS;

INFORMATION FUSION; REDUCTION;

ROUGH SET THEORY;

EID: 81155150333     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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