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Application of Belief Functions to Levee Assessment

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We propose the use of Smets and PCR5 rules to merge artificial geophysical and geotechnical data, as part of fluvial levee assessment. It highlights the ability to characterize the presence of interfaces and a geological anomaly.

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Correspondence to Théo Dezert , Yannick Fargier , Sérgio Palma Lopes or Philippe Côte .

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Dezert, T., Fargier, Y., Palma Lopes, S., Côte, P. (2018). Application of Belief Functions to Levee Assessment. In: Destercke, S., Denoeux, T., Cuzzolin, F., Martin, A. (eds) Belief Functions: Theory and Applications. BELIEF 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11069. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99383-6_10

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