A Mathematical Theory of Evidence

by Glenn Shafer

Book Overview

Both in science and in practical affairs we reason by combining facts only inconclusively supported by evidence. Building on an abstract understanding of this process of combination, this book constructs a new theory of epistemic probability. The theory draws on the work of A. P. Dempster but diverges from Depster's viewpoint by identifying his "lower probabilities" as epistemic probabilities and taking his rule for combining "upper and lower probabilities"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069110042X
• ISBN13: 9780691100425
• Release Date: April 1976
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"