Sensitivity of Gaussian Bayesian networks to inaccuracies in their parameters

Proceedings of the 4th European Workshop on Probabilistic Graphical Models, PGM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 145-152

  Gómez Villegas, Miguel A ^a   Main, Paloma ^a   Susi, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE PROPAGATION; GAUSSIAN BAYESIAN NETWORKS; INITIAL PARAMETER; KULLBACK LEIBLER DIVERGENCE; KULLBACK-LEIBLER; ORIGINAL MODEL;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 79958009338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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