Site-specific updating and aggregation of bayesian belief network models for multiple experts

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1529-1538

  Stiber, Neil A ^a   Small, Mitchell J ^b   Pantazidou, Marina ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Combining multiple expert beliefs; Environmental decision making; Expert systems; Reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; CONTAMINATION; DATA REDUCTION; GROUNDWATER; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORK (BBN); HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS; TRICHLOROETHENE (TCE);

RISK ASSESSMENT;

GROUND WATER;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLEANUP; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY;

BAYES THEOREM; DANGEROUS GOODS; DECHLORINATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CHLORINE; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBABILITY; RISK; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 11344267615     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00547.x     Document Type: Review

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