Bayesian networks: An exploratory tool for understanding ICT adoption

2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development, ICTD2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 277-284

  Nedevschi, Sergiu ^a   Sandhu, Jaspal S ^a   Pal, Joyojeet ^b   Fonseca, Rodrigo ^a   Toyama, Kentaro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; ICT4D; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; DATA SETS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HIGH LEVEL ABSTRACTIONS; IMPACT ASSESSMENT (IA); INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ITC); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; KERALA , INDIA; NETWORK BASED ANALYSIS; PROJECT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TOOLS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TO MANY;

COMMUNICATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; FAULT DETECTION; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 47649124620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2006.301865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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