A Continuous Updating Rule for Imprecise Probabilities

The paper studies the continuity of rules for updating imprecise probability models when new data are observed. Discontinuities can lead to robustness issues: this is the case for the usual updating rules of the theory of imprecise probabilities. An alternative, continuous updating rule is introduced.

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