QUASI‐ASSOCIATIVE OPERATIONS IN THE COMBINATION OF EVIDENCE

1 January 1987

journal article
review article
Published by Emerald Publishing in Kybernetes

Vol. 16 (1) , 37-41
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005755

Abstract

Quasi‐associative operators are defined and suggested as a general structure useful for representing a class of operators used to combine various pieces of evidence. We show that both averaging operators and Dempster‐Shafer combining operators can be represented in this new framework.

Keywords

COMBINATION
EVIDENCE
OPERATIONS
QUASI‐ASSOCIATIVE

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Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH ,1976
Upper and Lower Probabilities Induced by a Multivalued Mapping
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