A proof for the positive definiteness of the Jaccard index matrix

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 615-626

  Bouchard, Mathieu ^a   Jousselme, Anne Laure ^b   Doré, Pierre Emmanuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^c CAMPUS DE BEAULIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Belief functions; Definiteness; Distance; Evidence theory; Jaccard; Separability

Indexed keywords

BELIEF FUNCTION; DEFINITENESS; DISTANCE; EVIDENCE THEORIES; JACCARD; SEPARABILITY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875720103     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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