Uncertainty measure for interval-valued belief structures

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 80, Issue , 2016, Pages 241-250

  Song, Yafei ^a   Wang, Xiaodan ^a   Lei, Lei ^a   Yue, Shaohua ^a  

^a AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer evidence theory; Discord; Fuzziness; Interval valued belief structure; Non specificity; Uncertainty measure

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY;

BELIEF STRUCTURES; DEMPSTER SHAFER EVIDENCE THEORY; DISCORD; FUZZINESS; NON-SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY MEASURES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84949206278     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2015.11.032     Document Type: Article

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