Title :
Is entropy enough to evaluate the probability transformation approach of belief function?
Author :
Deqiang Han ; Dezert, J. ; Chongzhao Han ; Yi Yang
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Integrated Autom., Xi´an Jiaotong Univ., Xi´an, China
Abstract :
In Dempster-Shafer Theory (DST) of evidence and transferable belief model (TBM), the probability transformation is necessary and crucial for decision-making. The evaluation of the quality of the probability transformation is usually based on the entropy or the probabilistic information content (PIC) measures, which are questioned in this paper. Another alternative of probability transformation approach is proposed based on the uncertainty minimization to verify the rationality of the entropy or PIC as the evaluation criteria for the probability transformation. According to the experimental results based on the comparisons among different probability transformation approaches, the rationality of using entropy or Probabilistic Information Content (PIC) measures to evaluate probability transformation approaches is analyzed and discussed.
Keywords :
belief networks; decision making; entropy; inference mechanisms; probability; uncertainty handling; Dempster-Shafer theory; belief function; decision-making; entropy; probabilistic information content; probability transformation; transferable belief model; Compounds; Decision making; Entropy; Minimization; Probabilistic logic; Probability distribution; Uncertainty; TBM; decision-making; evidence theory; pignistic probability transformation; uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Information Fusion (FUSION), 2010 13th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9824438-1-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIF.2010.5711937