Approximate inference for medical diagnosis

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 11-13, 1999, Pages 1231-1239

  Wiegerinck, W A J J ^a   Kappen, H J ^a   Ter Braak, E W M T ^b   Ter Burg, W J P P ^c   Nijman, M J ^a   O, Y L ^b   Neijt, J P ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; GRAPH THEORY; INFERENCE ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORKS; VARIATIONAL APPROXIMATIONS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033220806     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8655(99)00090-2     Document Type: Article

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