Belief function terminology

Kevin S. Van Horn (ksvhsoft@xmission.com)
Thu, 03 Jun 1999 00:21:55 -0600

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Kathryn Blackmond Laskey wrote:
> In belief functions you have belief in A, belief in not-A, and belief in <A
> or not-A>. This latter represents incompleteness in your knowledge.

I find this terminology quite unfortunate. When I read "belief in <A or
not-A>", I think, "<A or not-A> is a tautology, hence my belief in it is
certainty-of-truth."

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