Package it.unibo.cs.belief

Provides an implementation of Dempster-Shafer's theory of evidence.

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Description

Interface Summary

BeliefFunction	A representation of degrees of beliefs.
CommonalityFunction	A commonality function, as defined by Dempster.
MassPotential	A generalization of a mass function.
PlausibilityFunction	A representation of degrees of plausibility.

Class Summary

Belief	This class provides some implementations of Dempster's combination rule for mass potentials (currently only one implementation is available).
Frame	A frame of discernment.
Proposition	A subset of a frame of discernment.
TreeBeliefFunction	An efficient implementation of a belief function based on a tree map.
TreeMassPotential	An efficient implementation of a mass potential based on a tree map.

Package it.unibo.cs.belief Description

Provides an implementation of Dempster-Shafer's theory of evidence.

The algorithms used in this package are based on the chapter "Algorithms for Dempster-Shafer Theory", by Nic Wilson, in Volume 5: Algorithms of "Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management", D. M. Gabbay and P. Smets editors, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.

Version:

0.1

Author:

Matteo Magnani <matteo.magnani@cs.unibo.it>