A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PROBABILISTIC LOGIC AND THE POSSIBILISTIC LOGIC

This paper points out that there exists a relationship between the pri nciple of Maximal Entropy (ME) in probability theory and the principle of minimal Specificity (mS) in possibility theory via consistent tran sformations on sets of probability and possibility distributions. By u sing these transformations, the paper investigates the possibilities t o apply methods of probabilistic logic for possibility knowledge bases and conversely, reasoning methods of possibilistic logic for probabil ity knowledge bases.