Bayesian network models with discrete and continuous variables

Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing

Volumn 213, Issue , 2007, Pages 81-102

  Cobb, Barry R ^a   Rumí, Rafael ^b   Salmeroń, Antonio ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

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EID: 34250652453     PISSN: 14349922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68996-6_4     Document Type: Article

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