Hybrid method for quantifying and analyzing bayesian belief nets

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 709-729

  Hanea, A M ^a   Kurowicka, D ^a   Cooke, R M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian belief nets; Dependence modelling; Multivariate probability distribution; Vines

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

BAYESIAN BELIEF NETS; DEPENDENCE MODELLING; MULTIVARIATE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; VINES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 33748944198     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.808     Document Type: Conference Paper

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