The theory of belief functions, also referred to as evidence theory or Dempster–Shafer theory (DST), is a general framework for reasoning with uncertainty...
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counter-intuitive results, such as in case of belief fusion in Dempster–Shafer theory. Source trust and epistemic uncertainty about the probabilities...
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contributions to statistics are the Dempster–Shafer theory and the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm. Dempster, A. P. (1967), "Upper and lower probabilities...
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Glenn Shafer (born November 21, 1946) is an American mathematician and statistician. He is the co-creator of Dempster–Shafer theory. He is a University...
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Coding theory Cohomology theory Theory of Computation Continuum theory Control theory Deformation theory Dempster-Shafer theory Dimension theory Distribution...
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Transferable belief model (category Dempster–Shafer theory)
The transferable belief model (TBM) is an elaboration on the Dempster–Shafer theory (DST), which is a mathematical model used to evaluate the probability...
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consonant plausibility measure in the Dempster–Shafer theory of evidence. The operators of possibility theory can be seen as a hyper-cautious version...
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The proponents of fuzzy logic, possibility theory, Dempster–Shafer theory, and info-gap decision theory maintain that probability is only one of many...
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Upper and lower probabilities (category Dempster–Shafer theory)
Dempster each developed a theory of upper and lower probabilities. Glenn Shafer developed Dempster's theory further, and it is now known as Dempster–Shafer...
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variables Belief propagation Transferable belief model Dempster–Shafer theory Possibility theory Discrete random variable Probability mass function Constant...
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Probability (redirect from Applications of probability theory)
other methods for quantifying uncertainty, such as the Dempster–Shafer theory or possibility theory, but those are essentially different and not compatible...
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redirect targets Credibility theory – Branch of actuarial mathematics Evidence under Bayes' theorem Dempster–Shafer theory – Mathematical framework to...
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Uncertainty (category Prospect theory)
inference or Dempster–Shafer theory, multi-valued ('fuzzy') logic and various connectionist approaches. Certainty Dempster–Shafer theory Further research...
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logic, the inapplicability of probability theory in many domains, and the paradoxes of Dempster–Shafer theory. Computational theorist Leslie Valiant uses...
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central to fuzzy set theory, while absolute measurements include probabilities and the plausibility and ignorance in Dempster–Shafer theory. Cyclical ratio...
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Weight-of-conflict conjecture (category Dempster–Shafer theory)
Weight-of-conflict conjecture was proposed by Glenn Shafer in his book on the Dempster–Shafer theory titled A Mathematical Theory of Evidence. It states that if Q 1 {\displaystyle...
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Machine learning (section Theory)
evolutionary algorithms. The theory of belief functions, also referred to as evidence theory or Dempster–Shafer theory, is a general framework for reasoning...
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variables Belief propagation Dempster–Shafer theory Dutch book Elementary event Normalizing constant Possibility theory Probability axioms Transferable...
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philosophical theory of justification Evidentiality, a grammatical device in some languages Mathematical proof Self-evidence Dempster–Shafer theory of evidence...
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Linear belief functions are an extension of the Dempster–Shafer theory of belief functions to the case when variables of interest are continuous. Examples...
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isotope Arthur P. Dempster, American mathematician who, with Glenn Shafer, created the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence Barry Dempster, Canadian writer...
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Computational intelligence Computational phylogenetics Deep belief network Dempster–Shafer theory – a generalization of Bayes' theorem Expectation–maximization algorithm...
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"credible" according to some theory of evidence. Examples include a many-valued logic, Dempster–Shafer theory, or probability theory with rules for inference...
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Imprecise probability (redirect from Imprecise Probability Theory)
the theory of probability, including: credal sets, or sets of probability distributions previsions Random set theory Dempster–Shafer evidence theory lower...
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Moroccan intelligence agency Dempster–Shafer theory, in probabilistic logic, a model of uncertainty Descriptive set theory, in logic Discrete sine transform...
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certainty factors, probabilistic methods such as Bayesian inference or Dempster–Shafer theory, multi-valued ('fuzzy') logic and various connectionist approaches...
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Kalman filter (category Control theory)
the Kalman filter can estimate the entire internal state. For the Dempster–Shafer theory, each state equation or observation is considered a special case...
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Biotechnology/Entrepreneurship Evidence-based medicine Dempster–Shafer theory Decision theory Complex adaptive system Institutions BSX IDXX Parke-Davis...
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by Austrian economics. Much of his work is associated with the Dempster–Shafer theory of evidence. He was born in Cambridge, son of Robert Walker Shackle...
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