Evidence combination based on credibility and non-specificity

This paper addresses the combination of unreliable evidence sources which provide uncertain information in the form of basic probability assignment (BPA) functions. We proposed a novel evidence combination rule based on credibility and non-specificity of belief functions. Following a review of all e...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pattern analysis and applications : PAA 2018-02, Vol.21 (1), p.167-180
Hauptverfasser: Song, Yafei, Wang, Xiaodan, Wu, Wenhua, Quan, Wen, Huang, Wenlong
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper addresses the combination of unreliable evidence sources which provide uncertain information in the form of basic probability assignment (BPA) functions. We proposed a novel evidence combination rule based on credibility and non-specificity of belief functions. Following a review of all existing non-specificity measures in evidence theory, a non-specificity measure for evidence theory is discussed. It is claimed that the non-specificity degree of a BPA is related to its ability of pointing to one and only one element. Based on the difference between the largest belief grades and other belief grades, a non-specificity measure is defined. Properties of the proposed non-specificity measure are put forward and proved mathematically. Illustrative examples are employed to show the properties of non-specificity measure. After providing a procedure for the evaluation of evidence credibility, we propose a novel evidence combination rule. Numerical example and application in target identification are applied to demonstrate the performance of our proposed evidence combination rule.
ISSN:1433-7541
1433-755X
DOI:10.1007/s10044-016-0575-6