The Assumptions Behind Dempster's Rule

03/06/2013
by   Nic Wilson, et al.
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This paper examines the concept of a combination rule for belief functions. It is shown that two fairly simple and apparently reasonable assumptions determine Dempster's rule, giving a new justification for it.

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