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On the unicity of dempster rule of combination
Author(s) -
Dubois Didier,
Prade Henri
Publication year - 1986
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.4550010204
Subject(s) - independence (probability theory) , computer science , artificial intelligence , dempster–shafer theory , data mining , mathematics , statistics
Dempster has proposed a rule for the combination of uncertain items of information issued from several sources. This note proves the unicity of this rule under an independence assumption. the existence of alternative rules is stressed, some corresponding to different assumptions, others pertaining to different types of combination.