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	ทฤษฎีหลักฐานของ Dempster-Shafer	แผนที่ความคิดพร่ามัว (Fuzzy Cognitive Maps - FCM)
สาขาวิชา	การคำนวณแบบอ่อน	การคำนวณแบบอ่อน
ตระกูล	Machine learning	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1976	1986
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Arthur P. Dempster & Glenn Shafer	Bart Kosko
ประเภท	Uncertainty calculus for combining evidence	Fuzzy causal/feedback network for scenario analysis
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Dempster, A. P. (1967). Upper and lower probabilities induced by a multivalued mapping. The Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 38(2), 325–339.	Kosko, B. (1986). Fuzzy cognitive maps. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 24(1), 65–75.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	evidence theory, belief functions, evidential reasoning, Dempster-Shafer kanıt teorisi	FCM, Kosko cognitive map, causal cognitive map, bulanık bilişsel haritalar
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	4	4
สรุป	Dempster-Shafer theory is a mathematical framework for reasoning under uncertainty that generalizes Bayesian probability by representing ignorance explicitly. Instead of forcing a single probability on each hypothesis, it assigns belief mass to sets of hypotheses and derives a belief-plausibility interval, and it provides Dempster's rule for fusing evidence from multiple independent sources. Developed from Arthur Dempster's 1967 work and Glenn Shafer's 1976 monograph, it underpins evidential reasoning and sensor/decision fusion.	A fuzzy cognitive map, introduced by Bart Kosko in 1986, represents a system as a network of concepts connected by signed, weighted causal links, and simulates how the concepts influence one another over time. By combining the intuitive structure of a cognitive map with fuzzy weights and iterative activation, FCMs let experts encode causal knowledge and then run what-if scenarios — making them popular for policy analysis, strategic decision-making, and modelling complex socio-technical systems.