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A new combination function in evidence theory
Author(s) -
Torra Vicenç
Publication year - 1995
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.4550101202
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , function (biology) , dempster–shafer theory , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematics , algorithm , programming language , evolutionary biology , biology
This article studies the combination of basic probability assignment (bpa) in evidence theory. After introducing an interpretation of the mass function we show that given two bpa Dempster's rule of combination does not build a coherent bpa with respect to the interpretation. Next we give a new combination function that overcomes this problem and study some of its properties. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.