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Possibility theory and conditional probability offer complementary perspectives for modelling uncertainty, with each framework contributing distinct advantages. Possibility theory, rooted in fuzzy set ...

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There is no set Δ of probability axioms that meets the following three desiderata: (1) Δ is vindicated by a Dutch book theorem; (2) Δ does not imply regularity (and thus allows, among other things, ...

It is shown that certain conditional distributions, obtained by conditioning on a sufficient statistic, can be used to transform a set of random variables into a smaller set of random variables that ...