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A method for managing evidential reasoning in a hierarchical hypothesis space
Source Artificial Intelligence archive
Volume 26 ,  Issue 3  (July 1985) table of contents
Pages: 323 - 357  
Year of Publication: 1985
ISSN:0004-3702
Authors
Jean Gordon  Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
Edward H. Shortliffe  Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
Publisher
Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd.  Essex, UK
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DOI Bookmark: 10.1016/0004-3702(85)90064-5

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INDEX TERMS

Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE


General Terms:
Human Factors, Theory


REVIEW

"Ernesto Guerrieri : Reviewer"

This paper's main objective is to present an adaptation of the Dempster-Shafer (D-S) theory of evidence [1] to the management of evidential reasoning within a hierarchical hypothesis space. Initially, the paper describes the D-S theory with clar  more...

Collaborative Colleagues:
Jean Gordon: colleagues
Edward H. Shortliffe: colleagues

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