Causal graphical models with latent variables: Learning and inference

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 156, Issue , 2008, Pages 219-249

  Leray, Philippe ^a   Meganck, Stijn ^b   Maes, Sam ^c   Manderick, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Thoracic oncology and respiratory intensive care   (France)

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EID: 51849088531     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85066-3_9     Document Type: Article

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