Abstract--Combination rules proposed so far in the DempsterShafer theory of evidence, especially Dempster rule, rely on a basic assumption, that is, pieces of evidence being combin...
Jianbing Ma, Weiru Liu, Didier Dubois, Henri Prade
Abstract. This paper considers the probabilistic may/must testing theory for processes having external, internal, and probabilistic choices. We observe that the underlying testing ...
Chomsky’s theory of syntax came after criticism of probabilistic associative models of word order in sentences. Immediate constituent structures are plausible but their descripti...
Abstract. New methods of data collection, in particular the wide range of sensors and sensor networks that are being constructed, with the ability to collect real-time data streams...
We develop a behavioural theory of distributed programs in the presence of failures such as nodes crashing and links breaking. The framework we use is that of D, a language in whi...