Modeling decisions with dempster-shafer belief structures

Authors

  • Инна Сергеевна Скарга-Бандурова Technological Institute of East Ukrainian National University Radyansky Ave., 59-а, Severodonetsk, Ukraine, 93400, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2013.18935

Keywords:

Decision Making, Belief Structure, Dempster-Shafer Theory, Aggregation Operator

Abstract

The paper presents the theoretical concepts and problems of decision making with Dempster-Shafer belief structures. We have presented a method of decision support based on belief structures which allows taking into consideration the subjective expert information that formalized in the form of family of estimations by forming the combination of hypotheses and using the ordered weighted average operators. We have developed the decision making process allowing estimate the minimum and maximum objectives (risks and gains) and using different types of aggregation operators. Depending on the particular problem the different  types of ordering operators has been used to ensure the variability  of objectives: descending order for  tasks where the purpose is to obtain the best results and the ascending order for the problems in which the lowest value is the best one. Finally, an illustrative example has been given to modeling different decisions.

Author Biography

Инна Сергеевна Скарга-Бандурова, Technological Institute of East Ukrainian National University Radyansky Ave., 59-а, Severodonetsk, Ukraine, 93400

Ph.D., Associate Professor

Department of Computer Engineering

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2013-12-16

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Скарга-Бандурова, И. С. (2013). Modeling decisions with dempster-shafer belief structures. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 6(4(66), 53–58. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2013.18935

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Vol. 6 No. 4(66) (2013): Mathematics and cybernetics - applied aspects

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