Why is there a need for uncertainty theory?

Journal of Uncertain Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Liu, Baoding ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Belief degree; Frequency; Possibility theory; Probability theory; Uncertainty theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863012623     PISSN: 17528909     EISSN: 17528917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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