An improved operator of combination with adapted conflict

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 451-459

  Deng, Xinyang ^a   Deng, Yong ^a,b,c   Chan, Felix T S ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Belief function theory; Combination rule; Combination with adapted conflict; Jousselme distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920955365     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-014-1729-9     Document Type: Article

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