Interpretation and computation of α-junctions for combining belief functions

ISIPTA 2009 - Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 357-366

  Pichon, Frédéric ^a   Denoeux, Thierry ^b  

^a THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Belief functions; Dempster shafer theory; Information fusion; Transferable belief model; Uncertain reasoning

Indexed keywords

BELIEF FUNCTION; DEMPSTER'S RULE; DEMPSTER-SHAFER; LINEAR OPERATORS; NEUTRAL ELEMENTS; TRANSFERABLE BELIEF MODEL; UNCERTAIN REASONING;

INFORMATION FUSION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883207032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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