Bayesian robustness for decision making problems: Applications in medical contexts

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-323

  Martin J ^a   Perez C J ^a   Muller P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian robustness; Decision making; Markov chain Monte Carlo methods

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

BAYESIAN DECISIONS; BAYESIAN ROBUSTNESS; COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGIES; DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHODS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKINGS; MODEL INPUTS; OPTIMAL ACTIONS; OPTIMAL DECISIONS; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATIONS; UTILITY FUNCTIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 59749093806     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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