Bayesian inference in disputed authorship: A case study of cognitive errors and a new system for decision support

Information Sciences

Volumn 176, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1570-1589

  Burns, Kevin ^a  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian Boxes; Bayesian inference; Bayesian Network; Cognitive error; Decision support; Disputed authorship; Graphical system

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ERROR DETECTION; GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BAYESIAN BOXES; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; BAYESIAN NETWORK; COGNITIVE ERROR; DISPUTED AUTHORSHIP; GRAPHICAL SYSTEM;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33645021073     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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