Possibility theory: Conditional independence

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1491-1513

  Coletti, Giulianella ^a   Vantaggi, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coherence; Conditional independence; Graphical models; Logical independence; Possibility theory

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SET THEORY;

CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCE; GRAPHICAL MODELS; LOGICAL INDEPENDENCE; POSSIBILITY THEORY;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 33748028829     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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