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The problem of conflict measurement between information sources knows a regain of interest. In most works related to this issue, Dempter’s rule plays a central role. In this paper, we propose to revisit conflict from a different perspective. We do not make a priori assumption about dependencies and start from the definition of conflicting sets, studying its possible extensions to the framework of belief functions.
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Destercke, S., Burger, T. (2012). Revisiting the Notion of Conflicting Belief Functions. In: Denoeux, T., Masson, MH. (eds) Belief Functions: Theory and Applications. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 164. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29461-7_18
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