Toward an axiomatic definition of conflict between belief functions

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 585-596

  Destercke, Sébastien ^a   Burger, Thomas ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Conflict; Dependence; Evidence theory; Information fusion; Transferable belief model (TBM)

Indexed keywords

AXIOMATIC DEFINITIONS; BELIEF FUNCTION; CONFLICT; CONFLICT BETWEEN BELIEF FUNCTIONS; DEMPSTER'S RULE; DEPENDENCE; EVIDENCE THEORIES; TRANSFERABLE BELIEF MODEL;

INFORMATION FUSION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880708664     PISSN: 21682267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2012.2212703     Document Type: Article

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