Learning dynamic bayesian belief networks using conditional phase-type distributions

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1910, Issue , 2000, Pages 516-523

  Marshall, Adele ^a   McClean, Sally ^a   Shapcott, Mary ^a   Millard, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DECISION THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CAUSAL NETWORK; MARKOV MODEL; PHASE TYPE DISTRIBUTIONS; TIME DIMENSION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 84974667967     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45372-5_60     Document Type: Conference Paper

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