The Assumptions Behind Dempster's Rule

2013/03/06 by Nic Wilson, Wilson, Nic
Computer Science · #Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1303.1518

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Abstract

This paper examines the concept of a combination rule for belief functions. It is shown that two fairly simple and apparently reasonable assumptions determine Dempster's rule, giving a new justification for it.

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