Using the Theory of Belief Functions

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Documentation for package ‘dst’ version 1.8.0

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addTobca	Add some elements of 0 mass to an existing basic chance assignment.
ads	The Captain's Problem. 'ads': Relation between variables Arrival (A), Departure delay (D) and Sailing delay (S)
aplDecode	Find the value in base 10 of a number coded in another base
aplEncode	Convert a value to its representation in another chosen base
aplRDV	Summary of a vector for any operator.
aplShape	Obtain dimensions of an array or length of a vector with a single command
bca	Basic chance assignment mass function
bcaNorm	Computer norm between two basic chance assignment objects
bcaPrint	Simple printing of the 'tt' matrix and mass values of a basic chance assignment (bca)
bcaPrintLarge	Print summary statistics of large mass functions
bcaRel	Representation of a mass function in a product space
bcaTrunc	Truncation of a basic chance assignment mass function
belplau	Calculation of the degrees of Belief and Plausibility of a basic chance assignment (bca).
belplauEval	Evaluate A, B errors
belplauH	Calculate belief, disbelief, unknown, plausibility, plausibility ratio
belplauHLogsumexp	Calculate belief, disbelief, unknown, plausibility, plausibility ratio with logsumexp
belplauHQQ	Compute belief, disbelief, unknown, plausibility, plausibility ratio based on commonality function
belplauLogsumexp	Calculation of the degrees of Belief and Plausibility of a basic chance assignment (bca) with logsumexp.
belplauPlot	Plot belplau matrix
bpa	Basic chance assignment mass function
captain_result	The Captain's Problem. 'swr': Result of the evaluation of the Hypergraph at node Arrival (A)
commonality	Compute qq from tt
decode	Find the value in base 10 of a number coded in another base
dlfm	The Captain's Problem. 'dlfm': Relation between variables Departure delay (D), Loading delay (L), Forecast of the weather (F), Maintenance delay (M)
DoSSnames	Construct subsets names from column names of a tt matrix
dotprod	Generalized inner product of two matrices
doubles	Remove duplicate rows in a two-dimensional table.
dsrwon	Combination of two mass functions
dsrwonLogsumexp	Combination of two mass functions with logsumexp
elim	Reduction of a relation
encode	Convert a value to its representation in another chosen base
extFrame	Extension of the frame of discernment of a variable
extmin	Extension of a relation
fw	The Captain's Problem. 'fw': Relation between variables Forecast of the weather (F) and Weather at sea (W)
inters	Intersection of two tables of propositions
intersBySSName	Intersect two vectors of ssnames
logsum	Adding small probabilities
marrayToMatrix	Transformation of an array data to its matrix representation
matrixToMarray	Transformation of the tt matrix of a relation
mFromMarginal	Construct m vector of a bca from marginal probabilities
mFromQQ	Construct a mass vector from qq function.
mFromQQRecursive	Construct a mass vector from qq function and ttmatrix of focal elements recursively.
mobiusInvHQQ	Mobius inversion of commonality function
mrf	The Captain's Problem. 'mrf': Relation between variables No Maintenance (M = false) and Repairs at sea (R)
mrt	The Captain's Problem. 'mrt': Relation between variables Maintenance done (M = true) and Repairs at sea (R)
nameCols	Naming the columns of the 'tt' matrix
nameCols_prod	Naming the columns of the 'tt' matrix of a product space
nameRows	Combining the column names of a matrix to construct names for the rows
nzdsr	Normalization of a basic chance assignment
nzdsrLogsumexp	Normalization of a basic chance assignment with logsumexp
peeling	The peeling algorithm
plautrans	Plausibility transformation of the singletons of a frame
productSpace	Product space representation of a relation
reduction	Summary of a vector for any operator.
shape	Obtain dimensions of an array or length of a vector with a single command
swr	The Captain's Problem. 'swr': Relation between variables Sailing delay (S), Weather at sea (W), and Repairs at sea (R)
tabresul	Prepare a table of results
ttmatrix	Construct a description matrix from a list of subsets names.
ttmatrixFromMarginal	Construct tt matrix of a bca from marginal probabilities
ttmatrixFromQQ	Construct a description matrix from qq function.
ttmatrixPartition	Create partition matrix