Coherent checking and updating of Bayesian models without specifying the model space: a decision-theoretic semantics for possibility theory

DOI10.1016/J.IJAR.2021.11.006MaRDI QIDQ2076971zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David R. Bickel

Publication date 22 February 2022

Published in International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijar.2021.11.006

zbMATH Keywords

possibility theorycatch-all hypothesisBayesian model checkingidempotent probabilityBayesian model updatingCromwell's rule

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reasoning under uncertainty in the context of artificial intelligence (68T37)

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