The limitation of Bayesianism

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  • Pei Wang
چکیده

In the current discussion about the capacity of Bayesianism in reasoning under uncertainty, there is a conceptual and notational confusion between the explicit condition and the implicit condition of a probability evaluation. Consequently, the limitation of Bayesianism is often seriously underestimated. To represent the uncertainty of a belief system where revision is needed, it is not enough to assign a probability value to each belief.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Artif. Intell.

دوره 158  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004