Fusing multiple Bayesian knowledge sources

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 935-947

  Santos Jr , Eugene ^a   Wilkinson, John T ^a   Santos, Eunice E ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian Knowledge Bases; Knowledge fusion; Probability theory

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN KNOWLEDGE BASIS; KNOWLEDGE FUSION; KNOWLEDGE SOURCES; MULTI-EXPERT DECISION MAKING; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; PROBABILISTIC NETWORK; PROBABILITY THEORY; UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 80052411568     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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