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In the formal analysis of the BME approach discussed in the previous chapters, certain assumptions expressed in a formal language, were laid down; precise rules of KB processing were formulated; pdf models were derived from the assumptions by means of these KB processing rules; and, finally, estimates were derived by means of certain optimization principles. No particular empirical meaning was given to the mathematical terms involved in formal analysis and no interpretation was attempted for the mathematical assumptions, such as Eq. 4.3. In other words, formal analysis is concerned with questions like “Does A follows from B?” rather than with questions of the form “Is this representative of the real world situation?”
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Christakos, G., Bogaert, P., Serre, M.L. (2001). Interpretive BME . In: Temporal GIS. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56540-3_5
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