@misc{22683, keywords = {belief functions, measure of uncertainty, MoU, Shannon entropy}, author = {Jean Dezert and Albena Tchamova}, title = {On the Effectiveness of Measures of Uncertainty of Basic Belief Assignments}, abstract = {

This article examines many existing measures of uncertainty of basic belief assignments proposed in the literature related to the theory of belief funcĀ­tions. Some measures capture only a particular aspect of the uncertainty, others propose a total measure of uncertainty to characterize the information quality of a source of information. We discuss the effectiveness of these measures with respect to four main important desiderata that we consider essential for the definition of a satisfactory measure of uncertainty, i.e. effective entropy of basic belief assignment.

}, year = {2022}, journal = {Information & Security: An International Journal}, volume = {52}, pages = {9-36}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11610/isij.5201}, }