Comparison of score metrics for Bayesian network learning

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

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 419-427

  Yang, Shulin ^a   Chang, Kuo Chu ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian network learning; Conditional probability; Cross entropy; Database; Dirichlet distribution; Joint probability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

BAYESIAN NETWORK LEARNING; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY; CROSS-ENTROPY; DIRICHLET PRIOR SCORE METRIC; JOINT PROBABILITY;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0036589503     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2002.803772     Document Type: Letter

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