Identifying optimal sequential decisions

Proceedings of the 24th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, UAI 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 113-120

  Dawid, A Philip ^a   Didelez, Vanessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION POINTS; DECISION STRATEGY; GRAPHICAL CRITERIA; IDENTIFIABILITY; OPTIMAL SEQUENTIAL; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; OPTIMIZATION;

OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 80053244720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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