Causal graphical models with latent variables: Learning and inference

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4724 LNAI, Issue , 2007, Pages 5-16

  Meganck, Stijn ^a   Leray, Philippe ^b   Manderick, Bernard ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b University of Rouen   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CAUSAL GRAPHICAL MODELS; LATENT VARIABLES;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 38049107982     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75256-1_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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