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Figure 7.3 A representation of subsets of frame of discernment {B, F, P} made up by bare soil, forest and pasture.
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Suppose now one is somewhat uncertain about the reliability of this data evidence and is only willing to commit oneself to label the pixel with, for example, 80% confidence. Then one should change the previous bpa by multiplying each element by 0.8, which leads to:
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Note that the quantity of bpa expressed by 6 is denoted by m(θ) and is expressed in this case by:
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which is the measure of uncertainty or ignorance; in our case 80% confidence leads to 20% uncertainty and this is reflected in the labelling process.
In what follows, both the belief function (or support) and the plausibility of each labelling proposition within evidential reasoning are described. A belief function, denoted by Bel, for a hypothesis ψ is defined as the sum
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