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Bayesian Networks and Decision Graphs

Bayesian Networks and Decision Graphs

by Thomas Dyhre Nielsen, FINN VERNER JENSEN

Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Published Date 2009-03-17
Page Count 447
Categories Science / Life Sciences / Botany, Mathematics / Probability & Statistics / General, Computers / Mathematical & Statistical Software, Computers / Artificial Intelligence / General, Mathematics / Discrete Mathematics
Language EN
Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings)
Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected
ISBN 0387682821
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Probabilistic graphical models and decision graphs are powerful modeling tools for reasoning and decision making under uncertainty. As modeling languages they allow a natural specification of problem domains with inherent uncertainty, and from a computational perspective they support efficient algorithms for automatic construction and query answering. This includes belief updating, finding the most probable explanation for the observed evidence, detecting conflicts in the evidence entered into the network, determining optimal strategies, analyzing for relevance, and performing sensitivity analysis.

The book introduces probabilistic graphical models and decision graphs, including Bayesian networks and influence diagrams. The reader is introduced to the two types of frameworks through examples and exercises, which also instruct the reader on how to build these models.

The book is a new edition of Bayesian Networks and Decision Graphs by Finn V. Jensen. The new edition is structured into two parts. The first part focuses on probabilistic graphical models. Compared with the previous book, the new edition also includes a thorough description of recent extensions to the Bayesian network modeling language, advances in exact and approximate belief updating algorithms, and methods for learning both the structure and the parameters of a Bayesian network. The second part deals with decision graphs, and in addition to the frameworks described in the previous edition, it also introduces Markov decision processes and partially ordered decision problems. The authors also

    • provide a well-founded practical introduction to Bayesian networks, object-oriented Bayesian networks, decision trees, influence diagrams (and variants hereof), and Markov decision processes.
    • give practical advice on the construction of Bayesian networks, decision trees, and influence diagrams from domain knowledge.
    • give several examples and exercises exploiting computer systems for dealing with Bayesian networks and decision graphs.

    • present a thorough introduction to state-of-the-art solution and analysis algorithms.

The book is intended as a textbook, but it can also be used for self-study and as a reference book.

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