Often used as a method of sensor fusion, Dempster Shafer theory is based on two ideas : obtaining degrees of belief for one question from subjective probabilities for a related question, and Dempster's rule for combining such degrees of belief when they are based on independent items of evidence.
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Often used as a method of sensor fusion, Dempster Shafer theory is based on two ideas : obtaining degrees of belief for one question from subjective probabilities for a related question, and Dempster's rule for combining such degrees of belief when they are based on independent items of evidence.
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In the centuries to come, the words " Academician " and " Pyrrhonist " would often be used to mean generally " skeptic ", often ignoring historical changes and distinctions between denial of knowledge and avoidance of belief, between degree of belief and absolute belief, and between possibility and probability.
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By contrast, in a Bayesian approach to statistical inference, one would assign a probability distribution to " p " regardless of the non-existence of any such " frequency " interpretation, and one would construe the probabilities as degrees of belief that " p " is in any interval to which a probability is assigned.
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:: From a Bayesian viewpoint, what the OP seems to want is to use the posterior distribution of regression coefficients for the general population to define a prior distribution for the corresponding coefficients in the subpopulation, but adjusted in some way so as to account for their degree of belief in the similarity of the populations.
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The positive predictive value and negative predictive value of all tests, including HIV tests, take into account the prior probability of having a disease along with the accuracy of the testing method to determine a new degree of belief that an individual has or does not have a disease ( also known as the posterior probability ).
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Often this is generally only possible at the very end of complicated games such as chess or go, since it is not computationally feasible to look ahead as far as the completion of the game, except towards the end, and instead positions are given finite values as estimates of the degree of belief that they will lead to a win for one player or another.
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At the 2007 Community of Christ World Conference, President Stephen M . Veazey ruled out-of-order a resolution to " reaffirm the Book of Mormon as a divinely inspired record . " He stated that " while the Church affirms the Book of Mormon as scripture, and makes it available for study and use in various languages, we do not attempt to mandate the degree of belief or use.
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For example, suppose Alternative i is " Car i ", Criterion j is " Engine Quality " assessed by five grades { Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average, Poor }, and " Car i " is assessed to be Excellent on " Engine Quality " with a high degree of belief ( e . g . 0.6 ) due to its low fuel consumption, low vibration and high responsiveness.
