Importance of Sources using the Repeated Fusion Method and the Proportional Conflict Redistribution Rules #5 and #6

Florentin Smarandache (1) , Jean Dezert (2)

1 Department of Mathematics and Statistics [Albuquerque]
2 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon]

We present in this paper some examples of how to compute by hand the PCR5 fusion rule for three sources, so the reader will better understand its mechanism. We also take into consideration the importance of sources, which is different from the classical discounting of sources.

Mots clés: DSmT; Information fusion; belief functions

Domaines: Intelligence artificielle [cs.AI]

Florentin Smarandache, Jean Dezert. Importance of Sources using the Repeated Fusion Method and the Proportional Conflict Redistribution Rules #5 and #6. 2010. ⟨hal-00471839⟩