Abstract⎯We construct alternative frames of discernment from input belief functions. We assume that the core of each belief function is a subset of a so far unconstructed frame of discernment. The alternative frames are constructed as different cross products of unions of different cores. With the frames constructed the belief functions are combined for each alternative frame. The appropriatene...

The preliminary screener of the General Medical Council is a powerful person. He (and it was always a he until February of this year) must decide which disciplinary cases will proceed and which will not. The screener will discuss some cases with other members of the council, and a report on his activities is submitted to the preliminary proceedings committee. Critics of the GMC worry that so mu...