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		| Takashi  Ui and Atsushi  Kajii | 
	
	
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		| ''Equivalence of the Dempster-Shafer rule and the maximum likelihood rule implies convexity'' | 
	
	
		| ( 2005, Vol. 4 No.10 ) | 
	
	
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		| It is known that if a capacity is convex then the Dempster-Shafer   rule for the capacity is equivalent to the maximum likelihood   rule for the core of the capacity. This paper shows that the converse is also true  that is, a capacity must be convex if these two rules are equivalent. | 
	
	
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		JEL: D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: General
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		| Manuscript Received : Sep 09 2005 |   | Manuscript Accepted : Sep 09 2005 |  
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