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On Combining Uncertainty Measures

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This paper discusses the probabilistic structure in the problem of combination of evidence. We propose to use the theory of random sets as a general framework for combining various types of uncertainty measures such as probability measures, belief functions and possibility distributions.

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Nguyen, H.T. (1988). On Combining Uncertainty Measures. In: Kacprzyk, J., Fedrizzi, M. (eds) Combining Fuzzy Imprecision with Probabilistic Uncertainty in Decision Making. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 310. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46644-1_9

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