Parameter estimation based on interval-valued belief structures

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 579-582

  Deng, Xinyang ^a   Hu, Yong ^b   Chan, Felix T S ^c   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^e   Deng, Yong ^a,d,e  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief function; Dempster Shafer theory; Interval valued belief structures; Maximum likelihood estimation; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BELIEF FUNCTION; BELIEF STRUCTURES; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; INTERVAL-VALUED; LIKELIHOOD CRITERION; UNCERTAIN BELIEFS; UNCERTAIN DATAS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84910143958     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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