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We review Shafer’s theory of evidence. We then introduce the concepts of entropy and specificity in the framework of Shafer’s theory. These become complementary aspects in the indication of the quality of evidence.
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Yager, R.R. (2008). Entropy and Specificity in a Mathematical Theory of Evidence. In: Yager, R.R., Liu, L. (eds) Classic Works of the Dempster-Shafer Theory of Belief Functions. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 219. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44792-4_11
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