AIMar 6, 2013
Constructing Lower Probabilities
arXiv:1303.1516v12 citations
Originality Synthesis-oriented
AI Analysis
This work addresses a foundational issue in uncertainty modeling for statisticians and AI researchers, but it appears incremental as it builds directly on existing methods without introducing a new paradigm.
The paper tackles the problem of constructing lower probabilities under various evidentiary constraints by elaborating on Dempster's method for belief functions, resulting in a broadly applicable strategy for this task.
An elaboration of Dempster's method of constructing belief functions suggests a broadly applicable strategy for constructing lower probabilities under a variety of evidentiary constraints.