Dempster-Shafer belief structures for decision making under uncertainty

We discuss the need for tools for representing various types of uncertain information in decision-making. We introduce the Dempster-Shafer belief structure and discuss how it provides a formal mathematical framework for representing various types of uncertain information. We provide some fundamental ideas and mechanisms related to these structures. We then investigate their role in the important task of decision-making under uncertainty.

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