Transformations from imprecise to precise probabilities

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2711, Issue , 2003, Pages 37-49

  Baroni, Pietro ^a   Vicig, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUNCTIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DISJOINT SETS; FOCAL ELEMENTS; IMPRECISE PROBABILITY; PRECISE PROBABILITY; BELIEF FUNCTION; IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES; PARTIAL ASSESSMENTS; PIGNISTIC PROBABILITY TRANSFORMATIONS; SPECIAL CLASS; UNCERTAINTY MEASURES;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 8344260663     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-45062-7_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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