A sequential learning algorithm for online constructing belief-rule-based systems

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1790-1799

  Zhou, Zhi Jie ^a,b   Hu, Chang Hua ^a   Yang, Jian Bo ^c   Xu, Dong Ling ^c   Chen, Mao Yin ^b   Zhou, Dong Hua ^b  

^a XI'AN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief rule base; Evidential reasoning; Expert system; Recursive algorithm; Utility

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTE WEIGHT; BELIEF DEGREES; CALCULATION TIME; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; EVIDENTIAL REASONING; IF-THEN RULES; INCLUDING RULE; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; OFF-LINE OPTIMIZATION; OIL PIPELINES; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; OVERFITTING; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; REAL TIME REQUIREMENT; RECURSIVE ALGORITHMS; RELIABLE SYSTEMS; RULE BASE; RULE BASED SYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL LEARNING ALGORITHM;

EDUCATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY CONTROL; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LEARNING SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS; SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING; SIMULATORS;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 71749101236     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.07.067     Document Type: Article

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