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A correlation coefficient of belief functions

Artificial Intelligence 2017-02-03 v2

Abstract

How to manage conflict is still an open issue in Dempster-Shafer evidence theory. The correlation coefficient can be used to measure the similarity of evidence in Dempster-Shafer evidence theory. However, existing correlation coefficients of belief functions have some shortcomings. In this paper, a new correlation coefficient is proposed with many desirable properties. One of its applications is to measure the conflict degree among belief functions. Some numerical examples and comparisons demonstrate the effectiveness of the correlation coefficient.

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@article{arxiv.1612.05497,
  title  = {A correlation coefficient of belief functions},
  author = {Wen Jiang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.05497},
  year   = {2017}
}

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19 pages, 1 figure

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