Partially Specified Belief Functions
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This paper presents a procedure to determine a complete belief function from the known values of belief for some of the subsets of the frame of discerment. The method is based on the principle of minimum commitment and a new principle called the focusing principle. This additional principle is based on the idea that belief is specified for the most relevant sets: the focal elements. The resulting pro cedure is compared with existing methods of building complete belief functions: the mini mum specificity principle and the least com mitment principle.
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تاریخ انتشار 1993