Putting value of information theory into practice: A methodology for building sequential decision support systems

Expert Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 92-103

  Mussi, Silvano ^a  

^a CILEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Decision theory; Influence diagrams; Knowledge engineering; Sequential decision making; Sequential diagnosis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS; SEQUENTIAL DECISION-MAKING; SEQUENTIAL DIAGNOSIS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 2942609146     PISSN: 02664720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0394.2004.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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