The theory of belief functions, also referred to as evidence theory or Dempster-Shafer theory, was first introduced by Arthur P. Dempster in the context of statistical inference, and was later developed by Glenn Shafer as a general framework for modelling epistemic uncertainty. These early contributions have been the starting points of many important developments, including the Transferable Belief Model and the Theory of Hints. The theory of belief functions is now well established as a general framework for reasoning with uncertainty, and has well understood connections to other frameworks such as probability, possibility and imprecise probability theories.
This workshop is dedicated to the confrontation of ideas, the reporting of recent achievements and the presentation of the wide range of applications of this theory.
Paper submissions are due by 1 December 2009 and should be no more than 6 pages in length.
Paper submission instructions are available at www.ensieta.fr/belief2010