An algebraic theory for statistical information based on the theory of hints

DOI10.1016/j.ijar.2007.05.003zbMath1239.62008OpenAlexW2058371741MaRDI QIDQ2270404

Jürg Kohlas, Paul-André Monney

Publication date: 18 March 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijar.2007.05.003

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesian analysisbelief functionsfunctional modelsprobabilistic assumption-based reasoningfiducial probabilities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reasoning under uncertainty in the context of artificial intelligence (68T37) Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10) Foundational topics in statistics (62A99)

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