I am sure this is not a complete list of Ph.D. dissertations on belief functions but would appreciate it very much if you could give me pointers to missing ones. Thanks in anticipation, Liping Liu
==================================== Dissertations on Belief Functions ==================================== Herb Weisberg,, Upper and Lower Probability Inferences From Ordered Multinomial Data, Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1969. Sandra West, Upper and Lower Probability Inference for the Logistic Function, Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1971. Glenn Shafer, Allocation of Probability, Department of Statistics, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1973. Smets, Ph., Un mod�le math�matico-statistique simulant le processus du diagnostic m�dical, Doctoral Dissertation at the Free University of Brussels, Presses Universitaires de Bruxelles, 1978. John D. Lowrence, Dependency-Graph Models of Evidential Support, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1982. Kong, A. Multivariate Belief Functions and Graphical Models, Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1986. Leonard P. Wesley, Evidential Based Control in Knowledge-Based Systems. Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1986. Mellouli, K. On the Propagation of Beliefs in Networks Using the Dempster-Shafer Theory of Evidence, School of Business, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1987. Thoma, H. M. Factorization of Belief Functions, Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1989. Almond, R. Fusion and Propagation of Graphical Belief Models, Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1989. Paul-Andre Monney, Le raisonnement temporal et g�om�trique sous incertitude. Une approche avec la th�orie math�matique des indications. Th�se de Doctorat. Institut de Math�matiques, Univ. de Fribourg, 1991. LOHMANN G. (1991) An evidential reasoning approach to the classification of satellite images. PhD Thesis, Deutsche Forschungsanstalt f�r Luft- und Raumfahrt. Distributed through Wissenschaftliches Berichtswesen der DLR, Postfach 90 60 58, 5000 Koln 90, Germzany. WILSON P. N. (1992) Some theoretical aspects of the Dempster-Shafer theory. Thesis, Oxford Polytechnic, United Kingdom. VOORBRAAK F., As Far as I Know: Epistemic Logic and Uncertainty, Utrecht University, 1993. LIU W. (1995) Extended incidence calculus and its comp�arison with related theories. Thesis, University of Edinburgh. XU H. (1995) Uncertainty Reasoning and Decision Analysis Using Belief Functions in the Valuation-Based Systems. Ph.D. Thesis, Universit\'e Libre de Bruxelles. VAN DEN ACKER C. Belief function theory and its aplication to the modelling of uncertainty in financial statement audit. Thesis, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1996. Peter R. Gillett, A Comparative Study of Audit Evidence and Audit Planning Models Using Uncertain Reasoning. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Kansas, 1996 Keith Harrison, Evaluation and Aggregation of Audit Evidence under Uncertainty: An Empirical Study of Belief Functions. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Kansas, 1999. PERIN J.P. (1997) Th\'eorie de l'\'evidence: mod\'elisation et application pour un SIC. Thesis, Universit\'e de Rennes 1. JAOUEN P. (1997) Mod\'elisation de contradictions par extension de la th\'eorie de l'\'evidence. Thesis, Universit\'e de Rennes 1. Lehemann, H. Argumentation Systems and Belief Functions, University of Frisbourg, Switzerland, 2001.
