Original Articles: 2014 Vol: 6 Issue: 7
A new discounting evidence combination method based on classification of decision-making
Abstract
The D-S evidence theory is an important information fusion method at the decision level. A novel evidence
combination method is proposed to solve the counterintuitive problem of the Dempster rule. It firstly classifies the
evidences according to decision making; then, constructs evidence importance degree and evidence reliability
models as the discounting factors for evidences with different conflict degrees within the same class or between
classes; finally, combines the evidences by the Dempster’s rule. The experimental analysis shows that the method is
reasonable.