Book chapter
General Schemes of Combining Rules and the Quality Characteristics of Combining
P. 29-38.
Some general schemes and examples of aggregation of two belief functions into a single belief function are considered in this paper.
We find some sufficient conditions of change of ignorance when evidences are combined with the help of various rules. It is shown that combining rules can be regarded as pessimistic or optimistic depending on the sign of the change of ignorance after applying.
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Theoretical and numerical study of advanced mathematical models in the social, economic, political and financial fields(2014)