Fractal-based belief entropy

DOI10.1016/J.INS.2021.12.032arXiv2012.00235OpenAlexW4205127297MaRDI QIDQ6154782FDOQ6154782

Authors: Qianli Zhou, Yong Deng 

Publication date: 16 February 2024

Published in: Information Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The total uncertainty measurement of basic probability assignment (BPA) in Dempster-Shafer evidence theory (DSET) has always been an open issue. Although some scholars put forward various measurements and entropies of BPA, due to the existence of discord and non-specificity, there is no method can measure BPA reasonably. In order to utilize BPA to practical decision-making, pignistic probability transformation of BPA is a significant method. In the paper, we simulate the pignistic probability transformation (PPT) process based on the fractal idea, which describes PPT process in detail and shows the process of information volume changes during transformation intuitively. Based on transformation process, we propose a new belief entropy called fractal-based belief (FB) entropy. After verification, FB entropy is superior to all existing belief entropies in terms of total uncertainty measurement and physical model consistency.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.00235

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zbMATH Keywords

fractalDempster-Shafer evidence theorybelief entropypignistic probability transformationtotal uncertainty measurement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Game theory, economics, finance, and other social and behavioral sciences (91-XX) Computer science (68-XX)

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