Explaining inferences in Bayesian networks

Applied Intelligence

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-278

  Yap, Ghim Eng ^a   Tan, Ah Hwee ^a   Pang, Hwee Hwa ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Compensations; Error values; Explanations; Inferences; Missing values

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DECISION TREES; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; FORECASTING; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; TARGETS; WATER SUPPLY;

COMPENSATIONS; ERROR VALUES; EXPLANATIONS; INFERENCES; MISSING VALUES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 54249104907     PISSN: 0924669X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10489-007-0093-8     Document Type: Article

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