Dempster-Shafer Theory

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Dempster–Shafer theory (DST) is a mathematical theory of evidence. It allows one to combine evidence from different sources and arrive at a degree of belief (represented by a belief function) that takes into account all the available evidence. The theory was first developed by Arthur P. Dempster and Glenn Shafer. In a narrow sense, the term...
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Dempster–Shafer theory (DST) is a mathematical theory of evidence. It allows one to combine evidence from different sources and arrive at a degree of belief (represented by a belief function) that takes into account all the available evidence. The theory was first developed by Arthur P. Dempster and Glenn Shafer. In a narrow sense, the term Dempster–Shafer theory refers to the original conception of the theory by Dempster and Shafer. However, it is more common to use the term in the wider sense of the same general approach, as adapted to specific kinds of situations. In particular, many authors have proposed different rules for combining evidence, often with a view to handling conflicts in evidence better. It seems that the well known probability theory can effectively model uncertainty. However, there is some information probability cannot describe. For example, ignorance.