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Glenn Shafer

Glenn Shafer authored A Mathematical Theory of Evidence which was published by the Princeton University Press[?] in 1976.

Jeff Barnet introduced the book's theory to the artificial intelligence community in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Barnet dubbed Shafer's theory the Dempster-Shafer theory.

External links:

Shafer's homepage (http://www.glennshafer.com/)

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