Conditional independence structures and graphical models

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 545-571

  Vantaggi, Barbara ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conditional independence; Graphical models; Lower conditional probability; Separation criteria

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN ALGEBRA; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FORMAL LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; THEOREM PROVING;

CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCE; GRAPHICAL MODELS; LOWER CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY; SEPARATION CRITERIA;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 0345392738     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488503002326     Document Type: Article

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