Learning Bayesian network parameters under order constraints

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 37-53

  Feelders, Ad ^a   van der Gaag, Linda C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Order constrained estimation; Parameter learning

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DOMAIN EXPERTS; ORDER-CONSTRAINED ESTIMATION; PARAMETER LEARNING;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 33645966244     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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