Causal independence for probability assessment and inference using Bayesian networks

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 826-831

  Heckerman, David ^a   Breese, John S ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; GRAPH THEORY; SET THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CAUSAL INDEPENDENCE; PROBABILISTIC INFERENCE; PROBABILITY ASSESSMENT;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 0030283479     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.541341     Document Type: Article

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