Sequential influence diagrams: A unified asymmetry framework

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 101-118

  Jensen, Finn V ^a   Nielsen, Thomas D ^a   Shenoy, Prakash P ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

(Asymmetric) influence diagrams; Asymmetric decision problems; Sequential valuation networks; Unconstrained influence diagrams

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TREES (MATHEMATICS); UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

(ASYMMETRIC) INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS; ASYMMETRIC DECISION PROBLEMS; SEQUENTIAL VALUATION NETWORKS; UNCONSTRAINED INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS;

FORMAL LANGUAGES;

EID: 33646453920     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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