Introduction to Bayesian methods and decision theory

Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics

Volumn M4D, Issue , 2008, Pages 3-19

  Wilson, Simon P ^a   Dahyot, Rozenn ^a   Cunningham, Pádraig ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MACHINE LEARNING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN METHODS; BAYESIAN SOLUTION; MACHINE LEARNING PROBLEM; MAKING DECISION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 60349108574     PISSN: 16137736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75171-7_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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