Constructing the Pignistic Probability Function in a Context of Uncertainty

Summary We derive axiomatically the probability function that should be used to make decisions given any form of underlying uncertainty.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence

• Publication date

  2013-03-27

• Fields of study

  Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics

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  DOI 10.1016/B978-0-444-88738-2.50010-5arXiv 1304.1527
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