# Adams Conditioning and Likelihood Ratio Transfer Mediated Inference

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.09351 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1611.09351/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 26 Nov 2016.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [On Ambiguity: The case of fraction, its meanings and roles](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2604.04647/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Bayesian inference as applied in a legal setting is about belief transfer and involves a plurality of agents and communication protocols. A forensic expert (FE) may communicate to a trier of fact (TOF) first its value of a certain likelihood ratio with respect to FE's belief state as represented by a probability function on FE's proposition space. Subsequently FE communicates its recently acquired confirmation that a certain evidence proposition is true. Then TOF performs likelihood ratio transfer mediated reasoning thereby revising their own belief state. The logical principles involved in likelihood transfer mediated reasoning are discussed in a setting where probabilistic arithmetic is done within a meadow, and with Adams conditioning placed in a central role.