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Set-models of information-gap uncertainty: Axioms and an inference scheme. (English) Zbl 0966.93012

The author proposes a new approach to modelling uncertainty, which is basically different from the approaches via probability and possibility, and is rather supported by the geometrical properties of convex sets. Firstly one constructs an axiomatic basis for the model, and then one arrives at an inference scheme. Two examples are given.

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93A10 General systems
93C41 Control/observation systems with incomplete information
93A30 Mathematical modelling of systems (MSC2010)
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