Bayesian belief polarization

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 22 - Proceedings of the 2009 Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 853-861

  Jern, Alan ^a   Chang, Kai Min K ^b   Kemp, Charles ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN MODELLING; BELIEF REVISION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FULLY BAYESIAN APPROACHES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84858711639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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