Efficient combination rule of evidence theory
Bicheng Li, Bo Wang, Jun Feng Wei, Yuqi Huang, Zhigang Guo · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2001
D-S evidence theory is a useful method in dealing with uncertainty problems, but its application is limited because of the shortcomings of its combination rule. This paper present an efficient combination rule, that is, the evidences' conflicting probability is distributed to every proposition according to its average supported degree. The new combination rule improves the reliability and rationality of combination results. Although evidences conflict one another highly, good combination results are also obtained.