PAPERS ON BELIEF FUNCTION

1. R. P. Srivastava, T. Mock, and J. Turner. Analytical Formulas for Risk Assessment (pre-publication version)for a Class of Problems where Risk Depends on Three Interrelated Variables. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (forthcoming)"
2. Sun, L., R. P. Srivastava, and T. Mock. "An Information Systems Security Risk Assessment Model under Dempster-Shafer Theory of Belief Functions.(pre-publication version)" Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol. 22, No. 4, Spring 2006: 109-142.
   
3. R. P. Srivastava "Alternative Form of Dempster’s Rule for Binary Variables (pre-publicationversion)" International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Vol. 20, No. 8, August 2005, pp. 789-797.
   
4. R. P. Srivastava, M. Buche, and T. Roberts. "Belief Function Approach to Evidential Reasoning in Causal Maps. (pre-publicationversion)" In Causal Mapping for Information Systems and Technology Research: Approaches, Advances and Illustrations, edited by V. K. Narayanan and D. Armstrong, Idea Group, Inc., Hersey: pp. 109-141.
5. R. P. Srivastava and T. J. Mock. "Why We Should Consider Belief Functions in Audit Research and Practice. (pre-publicationversion)" The Auditor's Report, Vol. 28, No. 2, (March).
6. P. P. Shenoy, and R. P. Srivastava. 2003. Application of Uncertain Reasoning to Business Decisions: An Introduction.Information Systems Frontiers, Vol. 5, No. 4, December: 343-344.
7. R. P. Srivastava and Liping Liu. 2003. Applications of Belief Functions in Business Decisions: A Review. Information Systems Frontiers, Vol. 5, No. 4, December: 359-378.
8. Bovee, M, R. P. Srivastava, and B. Mak, "A Conceptual Framework and Belief-Function Approach to Assessing Overall Information Quality(pre-publication version)" Working Paper, School of Business, The University of Kansas.
   
9. Sun, L., R. P. Srivastava, and T. Mock, "Belief Function Approach to Evidential Reasoning for WebTrust Assurance Services: A Case Study," Working Paper, School of Business, The University of Kansas.
10. Srivastava, R. P. and T. Mock, "Introduction to Belief Functions(pre-publication version)" in Belief Functions in Business Decisions, edited by R. P. Srivastava and T. Mock, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag Company (forthcoming).
11. Srivastava, R. P., and D. Datta, "Belief-Function Approach to Evidential Reasoning for Acquisition and Merger Decisions(pre-publication version)" in Belief Functions in Business Decisions, edited by R. P. Srivastava and T. Mock, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag Company (forthcoming).
12. Harrison, K., R. P. Srivastava, and R. D. Plumlee, "Auditors' Evaluations of Uncertain Audit Evidence: Belief Functions versus Probabilities," in Belief Functions in Business Decisions, edited by R. P. Srivastava and T. Mock, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag Company (forthcoming).
13. Srivastava, R. P. and Hai Lu, "Structural Analysis of Audit Evidence using Belief Functions," Fuzzy Sets and Systems. This paper won the best paper award among 38 papers in the Internet and the Digital Economy Track at the 32-Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science, January 4-8, 1999.
14. Srivastava, R. P. and T. J. Mock, "Belief Functions in Accounting Behavioral Research(pre-publication version)" in Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research, vol. 3, Jai Press Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, 2000, pp. 225-242.
15. Gillett, P., and R. P. Srivastava, "Attribute Sampling: A Belief-Function Approach to Statistical Audit Evidence(pre-publication version)" Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Vol. 19, No. 1, Spring 2000, pp. 145-155.
16. Srivastava, R. P. and T. J. Mock, "Evidential Reasoning for WebTrust Assurance Services(pre-publication version)" Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol. 10, No. 3, Winter 1999-2000, pp. 11-32. This paper won the best paper award among 59 papers in the Internet and the Digital Economy Track at the 32-Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science, January 4-8, 1999.
17. Dutta, S. K., and R. P. Srivastava, "Belief Revisions In Auditing: A Theoretical Investigation," in Soft Computing in Financial Engineering, edited by R. Ribeiro, R.R. Yager, H. J. Zimmermann and J. Kacprzyk, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag Company, 1999, pp. 484-498.
18. Wright, A., T. J. Mock, and R. P. Srivastava, "Audit Program Planning using A Belief Function Framework(pre-publication version)" Proceedings of the 1998 Deloitte & Touche University of Kansas Symposium on Auditing Problems, 1998, pp. 115-142 (invited).
19. Dutta, S. K., K. Harrison, and R. P. Srivastava, "The Audit Risk Model Under the Risk of Fraud(pre-publication version)" in Applications of Fuzzy Sets & The Theory of Evidence to Accounting II, Vol. 7, edited by P. Siegel, K. Omer, A. Korvin, and A. Zebda, published by Jai Press Inc., 1998, pp. 221-244.
20. Srivastava, R. P., "Decision Making Under Ambiguity: A Belief-Function Perspective(pre-publication version)" Archives of Control Sciences, Vol. 6 (XLII), 1997, No. 1-2, pp. 5-27.
21. Srivastava, R. P., "Audit Decisions Using Belief Functions: A Review(pre-publication version)" Control and Cybernetics, Vol. 26, No.2, 1997, pp. 135-160.
22. Srivastava, R. P., "Integrating Statistical and Non-Statistical Evidence Using Belief Functions(pre-publication version)" Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, Vol. 37, edited by Allen Kent, James G. Williams, and Carolyn M. Hall, published by Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, .Supplement 22, 1997, pp. 157-174 (invited).
23. Srivastava, R. P., S. K. Dutta, and R. Johns, "An Expert System Approach to Audit Planning and Evaluation in the Belief-Function Framework(pre-publication version)" International Journal of Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1996, pp. 165-183.
24. Dutta, S. K., and R. P. Srivastava, "A Bayesian Perspective on the Strength of Evidence in Auditing(pre-publication version)" Indian Journal of Accounting, Vol. XXVII, June 1996, pp. 4-18.
25. Srivastava, R. P., "Value Judgments using Belief Functions(pre-publication version)" Research in Accounting Ethics, Vol. 2, 1996, pp. 109-130.
26. Srivastava, R. P., P.P. Shenoy, and G. Shafer, "Propagating Beliefs in an 'AND' Tree(pre-publication version)" International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Vol. 10, 1995, pp. 647-664.
27. Srivastava, R. P., "The Belief-Function Approach to Aggregating Audit Evidence(pre-publication version)" International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Vol. 10, No. 3, March 1995, pp. 329-356.
28. Srivastava, R. P., "A General Scheme for Aggregating Evidence in Auditing: Propagation of Beliefs in Networks(pre-publication version)" Artificial Intelligence in Accounting and Auditing, Vol. 3, Miklos A. Vasarhelyi, editor, Markus Wiener Publishers, Princeton, 1995, pp. 55-99.
29. Srivastava, R. P. and G. Shafer, "Integrating Statistical and Non-Statistical Audit Evidence Using Belief Functions: A Case of Variable Sampling(pre-publication version)" International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Vol. 9, 1994, pp. 519-539.
30. Srivastava, R. P., "Belief Functions and Audit Decisions," Auditors Report, Vol. 17, No. 1, Fall 1993, pp. 8-12.
31. Srivastava, R. P., and G. Shafer, "Belief-Function Formulas for Audit Risk(pre-publication version)" The Accounting Review, April 1992, pp. 249-283.
32. Dutta, S. K., and R. P. Srivastava, "Belief Revision in Auditing: A Theoretical Investigation," Proceedings of the 21st Annual Western Decision Science Meeting, Reno Nevada, March 24-27, 1992.
33. Shafer, G. and R. P. Srivastava, "The Bayesian And Belief-Function Formalisms: A General Perspective for Auditing," Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, (Supplement 1990) pp. 110-148
34. Shafer, G., P.P. Shenoy and R. P. Srivastava, "AUDITOR'S ASSISTANT: A Knowledge Engineering Tool For Audit Decisions," Proceedings of the 1988 Touche Ross University of Kansas Symposium on Auditing Problems, May 1988, pp. 61-79 (invited).

1. R. P. Srivastava, T. Mock, and J. Turner, “Fraud Risk Formulas for Financial Statement Audits, Revise and resubmit, The Accounting Review.
2. R. P. Srivastava, T. Mock, and J. Turner. Analytical Formula for Belief Propagation in a Network of Four Interacting Variables. Revise and resubmit, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning.
3. Mock, T. J., R. P. Srivastava, and J. Turner, “A Model for Assessing the Risk of Impaired Auditor Independence.”
4. Gao, L., and R. P. Srivastava. “The Decomposition of Management Fraud Schemes: Analyses and Implications.””
5. Bovee, M., T. Roberts, and R. P. Srivastava, “Empirical Validation Of The Structure Of An Information Quality Model In The Context Of Health Care Claims Processing.”””
6. Li, C., and R. P. Srivastava, “Evidential Reasoning Framework for Trust Assurance Services.””
7. Li, C., and R. P. Srivastava, “Assurance Risk Formulas for Planning and Evaluation of Trust Services.””
8. Sun, L., R. P. Srivastava, D. Vun Kannon, T. Mock, and M. Vasarhelyi, “An Evidential Reasoning Approach to Sarbanes-Oxley Mandated Internal Control Assessment.””