Probabilistic abduction without priors

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-351

  Dubois, Didier ^a   Gilio, Angelo ^b   Kern Isberner, Gabriele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayes theorem; Coherence; Entropy; Imprecise probability; Maximum likelihood; Prior probability; Shapley value

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THEOREM PROVING;

PRIOR PROBABILITY; SHAPLEY VALUE;

PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

EID: 38149142708     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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