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Probabilistic argumentation systems: a new perspective on the dempster‐shafer theory
Author(s) -
Haenni Rolf,
Lehmann Norbert
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of intelligent systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.291
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1098-111X
pISSN - 0884-8173
DOI - 10.1002/int.10076
Subject(s) - dempster–shafer theory , argumentation theory , probabilistic logic , perspective (graphical) , computation , computer science , connection (principal bundle) , probabilistic argumentation , theoretical computer science , artificial intelligence , algorithm , mathematics , epistemology , philosophy , geometry
The goal of this article is to study the connection between the Dempster‐Shafter theory (DST) and probabilistic argumentation systems (PASs). By introducing a general method to translate PASs into corresponding Dempster‐Shafter belief potentials, its contribution is twofold. On the one hand, the article proposes PASs as a convenient and powerful modeling language to be put on top of the DST. On the other hand, it shows how to use the DST as an efficient computational tool for numerical computations in PASs. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.