The combination of evidence

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Abstract

This article provides a historical and conceptual perspective on the contrast between the Bayesian and belief function approaches to the probabilistic combination of evidence. It emphasizes the simplest example of non‐Bayesian belief‐function combination of evidence, which was developed by Hooper in the 1680s.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)155-179
Number of pages25
JournalInternational Journal of Intelligent Systems
Volume1
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Artificial Intelligence

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