Sensitivity analysis in Gaussian Bayesian networks using a symbolic-numerical technique

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-148

  Castillo, Enrique ^a   Kjærulff, Uffe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Gaussian models; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

GAUSSIAN BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037301771     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(02)00225-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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