Re: [Q] possibility = plausibility

Cliff Joslyn (joslyn@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov)
24 Jan 1995 17:06:54 GMT


In article <3fmrdj$ilv@gina.zfn.uni-bremen.de>,
mehmet@p201.informatik.uni-bremen.de (Mehmet Kus) wrote:

> Hi folks !
>
> My question is as follows:
> Is there a fundamental differenc between "possibility"
> and "plausibility".

A possibility measures is a kind of plausibility measure where

Pl( A \union B ) = max( Pl(A), Pl(B) ),

and/or the generating random set (Dempster-Shafer body of evidence) is
consonant (focal elements are nested).

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