A new method of information decision-making based on D-S evidence theory

• Main Authors: Junfeng Yao, Chengpeng Wu, Xiaobiao Xie, Kai Qian, Guoli Ji, Bhattacharya, P
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: combination rule; D-S evidence theory; evidence isolated point; Indexes; Integrated circuits; reliability; Silicon
• ISSN: 1062-922X; 2577-1655
• DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2010.5642292

D-S evidence theory is a method broadly applied in fusion for decision-making. However, this theory has some shortcomings in the formula of evidence combination with the exception that evidence of fully conflict can not be combined, then the probability validity is difficult to determine and sometimes the composed evidence is different from people's subjective judgments or some other issues. These confine the application of evidence to some extent. Some of them have the dubious credibility which affects the fusion result when Multi evidence are combined together. In order to expand the application of the formula of this theory and enhance the reliability of the fusion results, a new combination formula is introduced in this paper, which is also compared with other formulas in other literatures and finally the improved reliability of this combination formula is verified. At last, through data-mining of the decision-making information on a number of isolated points, a new method using combined evidence to make decisions is described. It's proven from the experimental results that the new combination method not only works well and effectively in the evidence of a high level of conflict but also is applicable to fusion for decision-making.