A proposed validation framework for expert elicited Bayesian Networks

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 162-167

  Pitchforth, Jegar ^a   Mengersen, Kerrie ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian Network; Expert; Sensitivity; Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX DOMAINS; DATA SETS; EXPERT; EXPERT ELICITATION; LATENT VARIABLE; NETWORK MODELLING; SENSITIVITY; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION; VALIDITY TESTS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 84866091725     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.07.026     Document Type: Article

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