An interpretation of consistent belief functions in terms of simplicial complexes

10th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, ISAIM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cuzzolin, Fabio ^a  

^a INRIA RHÔNE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BELIEF FUNCTION; CONVEX DECOMPOSITION; FUZZY MEASURES; GEOMETRIC APPROACHES; GEOMETRIC PICTURE; POSSIBILISTIC; POSSIBILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBABILISTIC APPROXIMATION; SIMPLICIAL COMPLEX; THEORY OF EVIDENCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864619229     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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