Experimenting on Dempster-Shafer's theory of evidence in information retrieval

@misc{citeulike:2896466, abstract = {This report describes a set of experiments investigating the use of DempsterSchafer 's Theory of Evidence in Information Retrieval. Our experiments use various indexing and retrieval methods to exploit Dempster-Shafers theory and we outline the reasons for the success or failure of the different approaches taken. 1 Introduction The intention in writing this report is not to describe the theoretical advantages of using Dempster-Shafer's (D-S) Theory of Evidence as a means of handling...}, author = {Ruthven, I. and Lalmas, M. }, citeulike-article-id = {2896466}, keywords = {dempster-shafer, evidence, ir, uncertainty}, posted-at = {2008-06-15 21:03:19}, priority = {0}, title = {Experimenting on Dempster-Shafer's theory of evidence in information retrieval}, url = {http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/261449.html}, year = {1997} }

TY - GEN ID - citeulike:2896466 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2896466 TI - Experimenting on Dempster-Shafer's theory of evidence in information retrieval N2 - This report describes a set of experiments investigating the use of DempsterSchafer 's Theory of Evidence in Information Retrieval. Our experiments use various indexing and retrieval methods to exploit Dempster-Shafers theory and we outline the reasons for the success or failure of the different approaches taken. 1 Introduction The intention in writing this report is not to describe the theoretical advantages of using Dempster-Shafer's (D-S) Theory of Evidence as a means of handling... KW - dempster-shafer KW - evidence KW - ir KW - uncertainty AU - Ruthven, I AU - Lalmas, M PY - 1997/// UR - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/261449.html ER -