Bayesian networks and information retrieval: An introduction to the special issue

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 727-733

  De Campos, Luis M ^a   Fernández Luna, Juan M ^a   Huete, Juan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Information retrieval

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA PROCESSING; GRAPH THEORY; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VECTORS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY TABLES;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 3042815198     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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