Modeling and analysis of disease and risk factors through learning Bayesian networks from observational data

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-302

  Li, Jing ^a   Shi, Jianjun ^b   Satz, Devin ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Synchronous Knowledge Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Case control study; Causal inference; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LEARNING SYSTEMS; RISK ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CAUSAL INFERENCE; RISK FACTOR ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 42149084992     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.893     Document Type: Article

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