A mathematical theory of evidence /

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 diverg...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shafer, Glenn, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1976]
Subjects:
Evidence.
Mathematical statistics.
Probabilities.
Évidence.
Probabilités.
probability.
MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy
Probabilities
Mathematical statistics
Evidence
Bayesian belief functions.
Granger, Thomas.
Hacking, Ian.
Jeffrey, Richard.
Keynes, John Maynard.
assessment of evidence.
chance density.
confidence sets.
decision theory.
degree of belief.
dissonance.
epistemology.
exponential function.
judgment and evidence.
likelihood.
linear models.
orthogonal sum.
plausibility.
proposition.
quasi support function.
scientific hypotheses.
statistical estimation.
test statistic.
upper probability.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 2. DEGREES OF BELIEF
  • CHAPTER 3. DEMPSTER'S RULE OF COMBINATION
  • CHAPTER 4. SIMPLE AND SEPARABLE SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
  • CHAPTER 5. THE WEIGHTS OF EVIDENCE
  • CHAPTER 6. COMPATIBLE FRAMES OF DISCERNMENT
  • CHAPTER 7. SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
  • CHAPTER 8. THE DISCERNMENT OF EVIDENCE
  • CHAPTER 9. QUASI SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
  • CHAPTER 10. CONSONANCE
  • CHAPTER 11. STATISTICAL EVIDENCE
  • CHAPTER 12. THE DUAL NATURE OF PROBABLE REASONING
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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