Integration Of Geophysical And Geological Data Using Evidential Belief Function

The partial belief function approach is examined as a means to integrate one set of airborne and/or ground geophysical data with other available geological and geophysical data sets, and to update the existing information successively with newly observed data over target areas. In theory the Dempster-Shafer method appears to be the most suitable method, but in practice several difficulties arise. One of the major difficulties is the dependency of the partial belief function on exploration targets, which can only be defined, at present, in a case-by-case approach. (I.E.)