A generic qualitative characterization of independence of causal influence

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 214-236

  van Gerven, M A J ^a   Lucas, P J F ^a   van der Weide, Th P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Independence of causal influence; Knowledge acquisition; Qualitative probabilistic networks

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

BINARY RANDOM VARIABLES; CAUSAL INFLUENCE; INDEPENDENCE OF CAUSAL INFLUENCE (ICI); QUALITATIVE PROBABILISTIC NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 40049091917     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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