▁Category : B ien ▁de ▁Inter és ▁Cultural ▁land marks ▁in ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁Gu adal aj ara ▁Category : Build ings ▁and ▁structures ▁in ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁Gu adal aj ara ▁Category : Pal aces ▁in ▁Cast illa – La ▁Man cha <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁theory ▁of ▁belief ▁functions , ▁also ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁evidence ▁theory ▁or ▁D emp ster – S ha fer ▁theory ▁( D ST ), ▁is ▁a ▁general ▁framework ▁for ▁reasoning ▁with ▁uncertainty , ▁with ▁understood ▁connections ▁to ▁other ▁frameworks ▁such ▁as ▁probability , ▁possibility ▁and ▁ ▁im prec ise ▁probability ▁theories . ▁First ▁introduced ▁by ▁Arthur ▁P . ▁D emp ster ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁statistical ▁inference , ▁the ▁theory ▁was ▁later ▁developed ▁by ▁Gl enn ▁Sh a fer ▁into ▁a ▁general ▁framework ▁for ▁model ing ▁ep ist em ic ▁uncertainty — a ▁mathematical ▁theory ▁of ▁evidence . ▁The ▁theory ▁allows ▁one ▁to ▁combine ▁evidence ▁from ▁different ▁sources ▁and ▁arrive ▁at ▁a ▁degree ▁of ▁belief ▁( re present ed ▁by ▁a ▁mathematical ▁object ▁called ▁belief ▁function ) ▁that ▁takes ▁into ▁account ▁all ▁the ▁available ▁evidence . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁narrow ▁sense , ▁the ▁term ▁D emp ster – S ha fer ▁theory ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁original ▁conception ▁of ▁the ▁theory ▁by ▁D emp ster ▁and ▁Sh a fer . ▁However , ▁it ▁is ▁more ▁common ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁term ▁in ▁the ▁wider ▁sense ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁general ▁approach , ▁as ▁adapted ▁to ▁specific ▁kinds ▁of ▁situations . ▁In ▁particular , ▁many ▁authors ▁have ▁proposed ▁different ▁rules ▁for