"I can name that Bayesian network in two matrixes!"

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-178

  Almond, Russell G ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment design; Bayesian networks; Covariance selection models; Elicitation; Q matrix

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT DESIGN; ASSESSMENT TASKS; CORE NETWORKS; DATA COLLECTION SCHEME; DATA ENTRIES; DESIGN IDEAS; DESIGN PATTERNS; DESIGN PROJECTS; DESIGN TEAM; DOMAIN EXPERTS; EDUCATIONAL TESTING; ELICITATION; EVIDENCE MODEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL EDITORS; GRAPHICAL STRUCTURES; INCIDENCE MATRICES; INVERSE COVARIANCE; LATENT VARIABLE; MATRIX; PARAMETER VALUES; SELECTION MODEL; SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE; SPREADSHEET PROGRAM; SYSTEM STATE; SYSTEM VARIABLES;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; DESIGN; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MODELS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPREADSHEETS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 73849115821     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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