Inequality constraints in causal models with hidden variables

Proceedings of the 22nd Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, UAI 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 233-240

  Kang, Changsung ^a   Tian, Jin ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL BAYESIAN NETWORK; CAUSAL MODEL; DERIVE BOUNDS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIDDEN VARIABLE; INEQUALITY CONSTRAINT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

CONSTRAINT THEORY;

EID: 64149091793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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