Title :
Conditional Approach to Possibility-Probability Fusion
Author :
Yager, Ronald R.
Author_Institution :
Machine Intell. Inst., Iona Coll., New Rochelle, NY, USA
Abstract :
Here, we are interested in the issue of multisource uncertain information fusion. We first consider the problem of fusing multiple possibility distributions. In this case, we particularly investigate the issue of normalization and suggest a generalized approach to the normalization of conflicting possibility distributions. We then look at the fusion of multiple probability distributions. We then suggest a framework to fuse probabilistic and possibilistic uncertainty based on the idea of conditioning the probability distribution with respect to the possibility distribution. We extend our approach to the case where our information about either of the distributions is imprecise, the so called second-order uncertainties.
Keywords :
possibility theory; sensor fusion; statistical distributions; conditional approach; multisource uncertain information fusion; possibility distributions normalization; possibility-probability fusion; probability distributions; second-order uncertainties; Indexes; Pragmatics; Probabilistic logic; Probability distribution; Qualifications; Uncertainty; Hard–soft information fusion; information fusion; normalization of possibilities; second-order uncertainty;
Journal_Title :
Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TFUZZ.2011.2165847