The power of intervention

Minds and Machines

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-302

  Korb, Kevin B ^a   Nyberg, Erik ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Causal discovery; Causal models; Faithfulness; Intervention; Simplicity; Underdetermination

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CAUSAL DISCOVERY; CAUSAL MODELS; FAITHFULNESS; SIMPLICITY; UNDERDETERMINATION;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33751171513     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11023-006-9040-4     Document Type: Article

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