Using ranked nodes to model qualitative judgments in bayesian networks

IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1420-1432

  Fenton, Norman E ^a,b,c   Neil, Martin ^b,c   Caballero, Jose Galan ^b  

^a IEEE

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Cambridge

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Node probability tables; Probability elicitation; Ranked nodes; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ANALYSIS;

NODE PROBABILITY TABLES (NPT); PROBABILITY ELICITATION; RANKED NODES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 34648846066     PISSN: 10414347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TKDE.2007.1073     Document Type: Article

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