Bayesian belief network for box-office performance: A case study on Korean movies

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 280-291

  Lee, Kyung Jae ^a   Chang, Woojin ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bayesian belief network; Box office performance; Casual belief network; Domain knowledge

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DECISION TREES; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORK; BOX-OFFICE PERFORMANCE; CASUAL BELIEF NETWORK; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE;

MOTION PICTURES;

EID: 53849092081     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.09.042     Document Type: Article

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