Algebraic structures related to the consensus operator for combining of beliefs

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2711, Issue , 2003, Pages 332-344

  Daniel, Milan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Belief functions; Combination of belief functions; Consensus operator; Dempster's rule; Dempster's semigroup; Dempster Shafer theory; Expert systems; J sang's semigroup

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; ALGEBRA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BELIEF FUNCTIONS; CONSENSUS OPERATOR; DEMPSTER SHAFER THEORY; DEMPSTER'S RULE; DEMPSTER'S SEMIGROUP; BELIEF FUNCTION; COMBINATION OF BELIEF FUNCTIONS; DEMPSTER; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; SEMI-GROUP;

ALGEBRA; FORMAL LOGIC;

EID: 84925380245     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-45062-7_27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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