Generating an indication of a probability of a hypothesis being correct based on a set of observations

摘要

A method of generating an indication of a probability of a hypothesis being correct based on a set of observations includes obtaining data representing a first set of observations (602A) and a second set of observations (602B). Data (610) representing a set of hypotheses at least partially derivable from the first and the second set of observations is also obtained. The method generates (606) a plurality of data associations between at least some data in the first set and data in the second set and an indication of a probability of at least some of the generated data associations being correct. The data representing the set of hypotheses and the indication of the probability of at least some of the generated data associations being correct is used (614) to generate an indication of a probability of at least one of the hypotheses represented by the data being correct.