Title :
To properly reflect physicists´ reasoning about randomness, we also need a maxitive (possibility) measure
Author :
Finkelstein, Andrei M. ; Kosheleva, Olga ; Kreinovich, Vladik ; Starks, Scott A. ; Nguyen, Hung T.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Astron., Russian Acad. of Sci., St. Petersburg
Abstract :
According to the traditional probability theory, events with a positive but very small probability can occur (although very rarely). For example, from the purely mathematical viewpoint, it is possible that the thermal motion of all the molecules in a coffee cup goes in the same direction, so this cup will start lifting up. In contrast, physicists believe that events with extremely small probability cannot occur. In this paper, we show that to get a consistent formalization of this belief, we need, in addition to the original probability measure, to also consider a maxitive (possibility) measure
Keywords :
cognition; inference mechanisms; possibility theory; probability; random processes; maxitive possibility measure; molecule thermal motion; physicist reasoning; probability theory; randomness; Astronomy; Cameras; Equations; Explosions; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geoscience; Head; Physics; Probability; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Systems, 2005. FUZZ '05. The 14th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Reno, NV
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9159-4
DOI :
10.1109/FUZZY.2005.1452539