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Quantifying knowledge with a new calculus for belief functions - a generalization of probability theory
Timber Kerkvliet, Ronald Meester
We first show that there are practical situations in for instance forensic and gambling settings, in which applying classical probability theory, that is, based on the axioms of Ko…
math.PR2015★ 10 cited
Assessing forensic evidence by computing belief functions
Timber Kerkvliet, Ronald Meester
We first discuss certain problems with the classical probabilistic approach for assessing forensic evidence, in particular its inability to distinguish between lack of belief and d…
math.PR2015
The supertask of an infinite lottery
Timber Kerkvliet
We mathematically model the supertask, introduced by Hansen, in which an infinity of gods together select a random natural number by each randomly removing a finite number of balls…