@inproceedings{e877bea6b8894635b83e760f1706212f,
title = "A Comparison of Evidence Fusion Rules for Situation Recognition in Sensor-Based Environments",
abstract = "Dempster-Shafer (DS) theory, and its associated Dempster rule of combination, has been widely used to determine belief based on uncertain evidence sources. Variations to the original Dempster rule of combination have appeared in the literature to support particular scenarios where unreliable results may result from the use of original DS theory. While theoretical explanations of the rule variations are explained, there is a lack of empirical comparisons of the DS theory and its variations against real data sets. In this work, we examine several variations to DS theory. Using two real-world sensor data sets, we compare the performance of DS theory and several of its variations in recognising situations. The empirical results shed insight on how to select these fusion rules based on the nature of sensor data, the relationship of this data over time to the higher level hypotheses and the choice of frame of discernment.",
keywords = "Dempster Shafer theory, Evidence theory, situation recognition, situations, uncertain reasoning, uncertainty",
author = "Susan Mckeever and Juan Ye",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-04406-4_16",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319044057",
series = "Communications in Computer and Information Science",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "163--175",
booktitle = "Evolving Ambient Intelligence - AmI 2013 Workshops, Revised Selected Papers",
address = "Germany",
note = "4th International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2013 ; Conference date: 03-12-2013 Through 05-12-2013",
}