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Glenn Shafer

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According to Wikipedia, Glenn Shafer is an American mathematician and statistician. He is the co-creator of Dempster–Shafer theory. He is a University Professor and Board of Governors Professor at Rutgers University. Early life and education Shafer grew up on a farm near Caney, Kansas. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Princeton University, then entered the Peace Corps, serving in Afghanistan. He returned to Princeton, earning a PhD in mathematical statistics in 1973 under Geoffrey Watson.

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A Mathematical Theory of Evidence (2020) (7696)
Axioms for probability and belief-function proagation (1990) (689)
A tutorial on conformal prediction (2007) (625)
Perspectives on the theory and practice of belief functions (1990) (448)
Expected Utility Hypotheses and the Allais Paradox. (1982) (428)
Readings in Uncertain Reasoning (1990) (418)
Probability and Finance: It's Only a Game! (2001) (406)
Implementing Dempster's Rule for Hierarchical Evidence (1987) (314)
The art of causal conjecture (1996) (280)
Probability propagation (1990) (266)
Propagating Belief Functions with Local Computations (1986) (255)
Languages and Designs for Probability Judgment (1990) (238)
Propagating belief functions in qualitative Markov trees (1987) (237)
The Enterprise of Knowledge: An Essay on Knowledge, Credal Probability, and Chance (1982) (202)
Lindley's Paradox (1982) (197)
Algorithmic Learning in a Random World (2005) (194)
Savage revisited (1990) (167)
The Bayesian and belief-function formalisms a general perspective for auditing (1990) (149)
Probability Judgment in Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (1987) (147)
The combination of evidence (1986) (141)
The Sources of Kolmogorov’s Grundbegriffe (2006) (114)
Test Martingales, Bayes Factors and p-Values (2009) (108)
Jeffrey's Rule of Conditioning (1981) (100)
Non-additive probabilities in the work of Bernoulli and Lambert (1978) (96)
Game‐Theoretic Foundations for Probability and Finance (2019) (95)
Probabilistic expert systems (1996) (95)
Belief-Function Formulas for Audit Risk (2008) (94)
Belief Functions and Parametric Models (1982) (93)
Allocations of Probability (1979) (89)
Local Computation in Hypertrees (1991) (77)
A Mathematical Theory of Evidence turns 40 (2016) (76)
Rejoinders to comments on "perspectives on the theory and practice of belief functions" (1992) (65)
Dempster's rule of combination (2016) (64)
A Theory of Statistical Evidence (1976) (59)
Constructive probability (2005) (59)
Testing by betting: A strategy for statistical and scientific communication (2021) (58)
The Language of Betting as a Strategy for Statistical and Scientific Communication (2019) (57)
Good randomized sequential probability forecasting is always possible (2005) (56)
Evidential Reasoning Using DELEF (1990) (56)
Defensive Forecasting (2005) (50)
A new understanding of subjective probability and its generalization to lower and upper prevision (2003) (48)
Bayes's Two Arguments for The Rule of Conditioning (1982) (47)
Probability Judgment in Artificial Intelligence (1985) (46)
Self-calibrating Probability Forecasting (2003) (43)
The Unity and Diversity of Probability (1990) (42)
An Axiomatic Framework for Bayesian and Belief-function Propagation (2013) (42)
Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach (3rd ed.), Colin Howson and Peter Urbach (2007) (38)
On the history of martingales in the study of randomness (2009) (38)
The significance of Jacob Bernoulli's Ars Conjectandi for the philosophy of probability today (1996) (36)
From Cournot’s Principle to Market Efficiency (2007) (34)
Kolmogorov's Contributions to the Foundations of Probability (2003) (29)
Comments on "Causal Inference without Counterfactuals" by A.P. Dawid (1999) (28)
Defensive Forecasting for Linear Protocols (2005) (28)
A betting interpretation for probabilities and Dempster-Shafer degrees of belief (2010) (27)
Causal Relevance (1995) (26)
Lévy’s Zero–One Law in Game-Theoretic Probability (2009) (26)
A Game-Theoretic Explanation of the √(dt) Effect (2003) (25)
Languages and designs for probability (1985) (24)
Propagating belief functions in AND‐trees (1995) (22)
Propagation of belief functions: a distributed approach (1986) (22)
Integrating statistical and nonstatistical audit evidence using belief functions: A case of variable sampling (1994) (21)
Insuring against loss of evidence in game-theoretic probability (2010) (21)
The game-theoretic capital asset pricing model (2008) (21)
The Construction of Probability Arguments (1988) (20)
Game-theoretic statistics and safe anytime-valid inference (2022) (19)
Constructive decision theory (2016) (18)
Comments on "Constructing a logic of plausible inference: a guide to Cox's Theorem", by Kevin S. Van Horn (2004) (18)
The Unity of Probability (1990) (17)
Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach (2007) (16)
Discussion of Causal Diagrams for Empirical Research by J. Pearl (1995) (16)
Probability Judgement in Artificial Intelligence (2013) (16)
Causal Logic (1998) (15)
The logic of events (2000) (15)
Probability and finance (2013) (15)
Portfolio Selection and Online Learning (2008) (14)
Mathematical foundations for probability and causality (1998) (14)
Adjusting P Values to Account for Selection over Dichotomies (1983) (13)
Causality and Responsibility (2002) (13)
Game-theoretic probability (2008) (13)
A Generalization of the Tetrad Representation Theorem (2002) (12)
The Early Development of Mathematical Probability (1993) (11)
Qualitative Markov networks (1986) (11)
The generality of the zero-one laws (2008) (11)
The problem of dependent evidence (2016) (11)
Weighing Evidence: The Design and Comparison of Probability Thought Experiments. (1983) (9)
On the Nineteenth-Century Origins of Significance Testing and P-Hacking (2019) (9)
Comments on An inquiry into computer understanding by Peter Cheeseman (1988) (9)
The origins and legacy of Kolmogorov's Grundbegriffe (2018) (9)
Testing Lead-Lag Effects under Game-Theoretic Efficient Market Hypotheses (2010) (9)
Two Theories of Probability (1978) (9)
A subjective interpretation of conditional probability (1983) (8)
Lambert, Johann Heinrich (2006) (8)
To appear in Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (2000) (8)
Commentary: Estimating causal effects (2002) (8)
Towards a probability-free theory of continuous martingales (2017) (7)
Game-Theoretic Capital Asset Pricing in Continuous Time (2001) (7)
The situation of causality (1995) (6)
Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics (2001) (6)
What Does the Arrest and Release of Emile Borel and His Colleagues in 1941 Tell Us about the German Occupation of France? (2011) (6)
Hierarchical Evidence (1985) (6)
Detecting Inference Attacks Using Association Rules (2001) (6)
Decision Making: SAVAGE REVISITED (1988) (5)
A probabilistic logic based on the acceptability of gambles (2007) (5)
Advances in the understanding and use of conditional independence (1997) (5)
Good sequential probability forecasting is always possible (2007) (4)
A logic of action, causality, and the temporal relations of events (1998) (4)
How to Base Probability Theory on Perfect-Information Games (2010) (4)
Author's reply to the Discussion of ‘Testing by betting: A strategy for statistical and scientific communication’ by Glenn Shafer (2021) (4)
Response to the Discussion of Belief Functions (2002) (4)
Lindley's Paradox: Rejoinder (1982) (3)
Defensive Forecasting: How to Use Similarity to Make Forecasts That Pass Statistical Tests (2008) (3)
Game‐Theoretic Probability in Finance (2005) (3)
Marie-France Bru and Bernard Bru on Dice Games and Contracts (2018) (3)
[Probabilistic Expert Systems in Medicine: Practical Issues in Handling Uncertainty]: Rejoinder (1987) (3)
Nature’s Possibilities and Expectations (2001) (3)
The Principle of Coherence (2004) (3)
Decision Making: LANGUAGES AND DESIGNS FOR PROBABILITY JUDGEMENT (1988) (3)
The game-theoretic martingales behind the zero-one laws (2008) (3)
Probability-free pricing of adjusted American lookbacks (2011) (3)
The Splendors and Miseries of Martingales (2022) (2)
Causal Inference Without Counterfactuals: Comment (2000) (2)
On a Review by V. N. Tutubalin (2002) (2)
Philosophical Foundations for Causal Networks (1994) (2)
Subjective Probability and Lower and Upper Prevision: A New Understanding (2003) (2)
St. Petersburg Paradox (2004) (2)
The Game-Theoretic Framework for Probability (2006) (2)
Kolmogorov's Strong Law of Large Numbers (2005) (2)
The notion of event in probability and causality: Situating myself relative to Bruno de Finetti (2021) (1)
[Combining Probability Distributions: A Critique and an Annotated Bibliography]: Comment (1986) (1)
Review essay (2005) (1)
A game-theoretic derivation of the √ dt effect (1)
A probability-free and continuous-time explanation of the equity premium and CAPM (2016) (1)
Basing Probabilistic Logic on Gambles (2005) (1)
"So much data. Who needs probability?" Have we been here before? (2021) (1)
The historian as unifier of probability’s diversity (2012) (1)
Why did the Germans arrest and release Emile Borel in 1941 (2010) (1)
Huygens's Probability Trees (1996) (0)
[Conditional Probability]: Reply to Discussion (1985) (0)
3. Propagation in Join Trees (1996) (0)
Reconciling the Subjective and Objective Aspects of Probability (2016) (0)
Resource Prediction and Admission Control (2001) (0)
The Generality of Game‐Theoretic Pricing (2005) (0)
Glenn Shafer The Relevance of Trees Alex comes (2001) (0)
The Reconciliation of Betting and Measure (2018) (0)
Belief functions and uncertainty management in networks and telecommunication (2014) (0)
Response to RSS discussion (2020) (0)
Comment: On the History and Limitations of Probability Updating (2021) (0)
Representing Probability Trees (1996) (0)
The Law of the Iterated Logarithm (2005) (0)
The Meaning of Probability (1996) (0)
COMMENTS ON HARMAN AND KULKARNI'S "RELIABLE REASONING" (2009) (0)
Predicting Bond Yields Using Defensive Forecasting (2010) (0)
Vanishing TETRAD Differences and Model Structure (1996) (0)
Sharp Null Hypotheses (2006) (0)
Abstract Stochastic Processes (1996) (0)
Probabilistic Thinking: The Empire of Chance . How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life. Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter, Lorraine Daston, John Beatty, and Lorenz Krüger. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1989. xviii, 340 pp. $44.50. Ideas in Context. (1990) (0)
The Generality of Probability Games (2005) (0)
Comments on “A Foundational Justification for a Weighted Likelihood Approach to Inference” (2004) (0)
Review of G. Shafer and V. Vovk “Probability and Finance: It’s Only a Game”, Wiley, 2001, xii+414 pp (2001) (0)
Principles of Causal Conjecture (1996) (0)
How speculation can explain the equity premium (2016) (0)
Finance without Probability (2005) (0)
1. Multivariate Probability (1996) (0)
The Bounded Strong Law of Large Numbers (2005) (0)
REVIEW OF "Creating Modern Probability: Its Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy in Historical Perspective. Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction, and Decision Theory" by Jan Von Plato (1998) (0)
The Game‐Theoretic Efficient‐Market Hypothesis (2005) (0)
Games for American Options (2005) (0)
APPROXIMATE SOLUTION OF A BASIC BIHARMONIC PROBLEM (1966) (0)
Comment: Illusions, Then and Now (2020) (0)
Document 3: Jean A. Ville: game theory, duality, economic growth (1983). (2009) (0)
Games for Pricing Options in Continuous Time (2005) (0)
PREFACE (2020) (0)
Martingales and p-values as measures of evidence (2009) (0)
Games for Pricing Options in Discrete Time (2005) (0)
Kolmogorov in the Grundbegriffe ’ s bibliography , especially (2006) (0)
Prediction in Probability Spaces (1996) (0)
Lindeberg's Theorem (2005) (0)
Events as Signs of Events (1996) (0)
Discussion of Paper by D.V. Lindley (1982) (0)
PhD in Management Program EXPERT SYSTEMS Prof . Glenn Shafer Detecting Inference Attacks Using Association Rules (2001) (0)
The Foundations of Finance in Game-Theoretic Probability (2010) (0)
Probability without Measure (2005) (0)
4. Resources and References (1996) (0)
Dissertations Abstracts , Rutgers Business School , 2003-2009 (2010) (0)
Paradox of Information, Miller's (2006) (0)
Events Tracking Events (1996) (0)
Book Review:I. J. Bienayme: Statistical Theory Anticipated C. C. Heyde, E. Seneta (1979) (0)
Games for Diffusion Processes (2005) (0)
Some Elements of Order Theory (1996) (0)
Game-theoretic probability and defensive forecasting (2007) (0)
Decision Making (2014) (0)
2. Construction Sequences (1996) (0)
Review for Annals of Probability (2002) (0)
Introduction: Probability and Finance as a Game (2005) (0)
Summary of the scientific work of Mr . Jean Ville ( May 1955 ) 1 Translation (2009) (0)
The Accrual Anomaly in the Game-Theoretic Setting (2010) (0)
Lindley's Paradox† (2014) (0)
Glossary of Notation (1996) (0)
Applying the Local Computation Framework to Classical and Non-classical Logics (2007) (0)
Comment (2000) (0)
A game-theoretic derivation of the $\sqrt{dt}$ effect (2018) (0)
A theory of probability should tutor our intuitions* (1983) (0)
NON-NUMERICAL APPROACHES TO PLAUSIBLE INFERENCE INTRODUCTION (2002) (0)
[Savage Revisited]: Rejoinder (1986) (0)
Variables Tracking Variables (1996) (0)
Response to the Discussion of Belief Functions 1 (1992) (0)
Emile Borel's difficult days in 1941 (2008) (0)
Eventology versus contemporary theories of uncertainty (2019) (0)
Estimating causal effects. (2002) (0)
Belief functions and uncertainty management in networks and telecommunication (2014) (0)
Comment on “A Gibbs Sampler for a Class of Random Convex Polytopes,” by Pierre E. Jacob, Ruobin Gong, Paul T. Edlefsen, and Arthur P. Dempster (2021) (0)
The Sample-Space Framework for Probability (1996) (0)
Miller's Paradox (2004) (0)
Sample-Space Concepts of Independence (1996) (0)
The Weak Laws (2005) (0)
The Empire of Chance. How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life. Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter, Lorraine Daston, John Beatty, and Lorenz Kruger. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1989. xviii, 340 pp. $44.50. Ideas in Context. (1990) (0)
The Game‐Theoretic Framework in Historical Context (2005) (0)
Causal interpretation of graphical models (2021) (0)
Just a clever substitute for measure zero ? (2003) (0)
Some Elements of Graph Theory (1996) (0)
Lévy’s Zero–One Law in Game-Theoretic Probability (2011) (0)
Ten Lectures on the Philosophy of Game-Theoretic Probability (2016) (0)
[The Unity and Diversity of Probability]: Rejoinder (1990) (0)
An Abstract Theory of Event Trees (1996) (0)

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