Shafer: A Mathematical Theory of Evidence

What changed

Developed belief functions and a combination calculus as a coherent evidence-theoretic framework.

Scientific scope

The record is Shafer's sole-author 1976 monograph. It explicitly builds on and reinterprets A. P. Dempster's work; later naming, AI adoption, extensions and criticism remain separate, and the theory is not claimed as universally calibrated inference.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Shafer's sole-author 1976 monograph. It explicitly builds on and reinterprets A. P. Dempster's work; later naming, AI adoption, extensions and criticism remain separate, and the theory is not claimed as universally calibrated inference.

Contributors

• Glenn Shafer · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Glenn Shafer author page for A Mathematical Theory of Evidence
• JSTOR edition of A Mathematical Theory of Evidence

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