A semantics for possibility theory based on likelihoods

DOI10.1006/jmaa.1997.5193zbMath0884.03017OpenAlexW2000850517MaRDI QIDQ1353693

Serafín Moral, Henri Prade, Dubois, Didier

Publication date: 17 March 1998

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/377ac09af3279faade82d0fc13ea4582db27ac19

zbMATH Keywords

likelihood possibility theory fuzzy sets possibility distributions membership function complement hypothesis space combination of possibility measures space of observations upper probability envelopes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fuzzy logic; logic of vagueness (03B52) Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Fuzzy sets and logic (in connection with information, communication, or circuits theory) (94D05) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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