Generalized evidence theory

Applied Intelligence

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 530-543

  Deng, Yong ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Belief function; Closed world; Conflict management; Dempster Shafer evidence theory; Generalized evidence theory; open world

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; NUMERICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BELIEF FUNCTION; CLOSED WORLD; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DEMPSTER SHAFER EVIDENCE THEORY; EVIDENCE THEORIES; OPEN WORLD;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 84941879377     PISSN: 0924669X     EISSN: 15737497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10489-015-0661-2     Document Type: Article

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