Using Dempster-Shafer's belief-function theory in expert systems

The main objective of this paper is to describe how Dempster-Shafer's (DS) theory of belief functions fits in the framework of valuation-based systems (VBS). Since VBS serves as a framework for managing uncertainty in expert systems, this facilitates the use of DS belief- function theory in expert systems.

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