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On Implementing Usual Values
Ronald R. Yager
In many cases commonsense knowledge consists of knowledge of what is usual. In this paper we develop a system for reasoning with usual information. This system is based upon the fa…
Nonmonotonic Reasoning via Possibility Theory
Ronald R. Yager
We introduce the operation of possibility qualification and show how. this modal-like operator can be used to represent "typical" or default knowledge in a theory of nonmonotonic r…
Normalization and the Representation of Nonmonotonic Knowledge in the Theory of Evidence
Ronald R. Yager
We discuss the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence. We introduce a concept of monotonicity which is related to the diminution of the range between belief and plausibility. We show t…
Credibility Discounting in the Theory of Approximate Reasoning
Ronald R. Yager
We are concerned with the problem of introducing credibility type information into reasoning systems. The concept of credibility allows us to discount information provided by agent…
A Non-Numeric Approach to Multi-Criteria/Multi-Expert Aggregation Based on Approximate Reasoning
Ronald R. Yager
We describe a technique that can be used for the fusion of multiple sources of information as well as for the evaluation and selection of alternatives under multi-criteria. Three i…