Borderline vs. unknown: comparing three-valued representations of imperfect information

Borderline vs. unknown: comparing three-valued representations of imperfect information

In this paper we compare the expressive power of elementary representation formats for vague, incomplete or conflicting information. These include Boolean valuation pairs introduced by Lawry and Gonzalez-Rodriguez, orthopairs of sets of variables, Boolean possibility and necessity measures, three-valued valuations, supervaluations. We make explicit their connections with strong Kleene logic and...

Screening vs. Rationing in Credit Markets with Imperfect Information

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Comparing imperfect measures of exposure.

With the implication of dietary factors in the origin of many common diseases, there has been renewed interest in methods of dietary enquiry suitable for epidemiologic research (1-14). Validation of both new and old approaches proceeds, but under severe constraints. In the development of questionnaires, for example, the need may arise to compare two alternative, simple methods each to a referen...

Statistical reasoning with set-valued information : Ontic vs. epistemic views

Comparing models of borderline personality disorder: Mothers' experience, self-protective strategies, and dispositional representations.

This study compared aspects of the functioning of mothers with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to those of mothers without psychiatric disorder using two different conceptualizations of attachment theory. The Adult Attachment Interviews (AAIs) of 32 mothers were classified using both the Main and Goldwyn method (M&G) and the Dynamic-Maturational Model method (DMM). We found that mothers w...