> Could anyone explain a connection between the operation
> x+y-xy and probabilities. That is, the question is
>
> - Why this operation is referred to as probabilistic OR, what is the
> justification of this name, and what is the connection with probabilistic
> theories? I am interested why it is just x+y-xy that is used for
> probabilistic OR, and not x+y, max(x,y) or something else.
>
> I need this since I have formal difficulties in applying it as
> probabilstic OR in my reasoning, it does not work as it should,
> there are some inconsistencies. In particular, it has to be formally
> dual to the probabilistic AND operation.
>
> I would greatly appriciate some explanation and/or references
> (preferebly online).
Because if we have two independent events happening with probability x
and probability y, the probability that at least one of them happens
is x+y-xy.
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