Dependency networks for inference, collaborative filtering, and data visualization

Journal of Machine Learning Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-75

  Heckerman, David ^a   Chickering, David Maxwell ^a   Meek, Christopher ^a   Rounthwaite, Robert ^a   Kadie, Carl ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Collaborative filtering; Data visualization; Dependency networks; Exploratory data analysis; Gibbs sampling; Graphical models; Probabilistic inference

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE FILTERING; DATA VISUALIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; VISUALIZATION;

DEPENDENCY NETWORKS; EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS; GIBBS SAMPLING; GRAPHICAL MODEL; PROBABILISTIC INFERENCE;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 0002123103     PISSN: 15324435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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