Likelihood-based belief function: Justification and some extensions to low-quality data

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1535-1547

  Denœux, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer theory; Evidence theory; Likelihood principle; Partially relevant data; Statistical inference; Uncertain data

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; EVIDENCE THEORIES; LIKELIHOOD PRINCIPLES; PARTIALLY RELEVANT DATA; STATISTICAL INFERENCE; UNCERTAIN DATAS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899993584     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2013.06.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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