Conjunctive combination of belief functions from dependent sources using positive and negative weight functions

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Highlights:

• We propose a rule to conjunctively combine belief functions from dependent sources.

• We decompose a belief function using positive and negative weight functions.

• A partial ordering is constructed using positive and negative weight functions.

• Committed relation between belief functions is determined using the partial ordering.

• The proposed rule is used to solve a performance assessment problem.

摘要

•We propose a rule to conjunctively combine belief functions from dependent sources.•We decompose a belief function using positive and negative weight functions.•A partial ordering is constructed using positive and negative weight functions.•Committed relation between belief functions is determined using the partial ordering.•The proposed rule is used to solve a performance assessment problem.

论文关键词:Dempster–Shafer theory,Dependent source,Positive and negative weight functions,Non-dogmatic belief function,Performance assessment

论文评审过程:Available online 7 September 2013.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2013.08.092