Assignment of Single Values to Probability Intervals, Evaluation of Conditional Events, and Applications to Combination of Evidence.
Abstract
A long unrecognized problem in probability and statistics has been the inability to treat inference statements - such as if b then a or a given b - so that logical combinations of them can be evaluated, compatible with conditional probability. Thus, in the situation where no conditioning occurs - or everything is conditioned on a common antecedent - statements such as if b then a or if b then c can be readily addressed with the typical evaluation: p(a v c / b) = p sub b (a v c) = p sub b (a) + p sub b (c) - p sub b (a.c), etc., for any probability measure p over the space of events.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA240258
Entities
People
- I. R. Goodman