A set-theoretic view of belief functions: Logical operations and approximations by fuzzy sets

International Journal of General Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 193-226

  Dubois, Didier ^a   Prade, Henri ^b  

^a Université Paul Sabatier ^*

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

fuzzy set; knowledge representation; possibility measure; Theory of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963165563     PISSN: 03081079     EISSN: 15635104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081078608934937     Document Type: Article

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