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Networks of Plausible Inference

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Morgan Kaufmann
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Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems: Networks of Plausible Inference
2014, Elsevier Science & Technology Books
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Cover of: Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems
Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems: Networks of Plausible Inference
1988, Morgan Kaufmann
in English - Revised 2nd printing.
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1988, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Uncertainty in AI Systems: An Overview
Page 1
1.1. Introduction
Page 1
1.2. Extensional Systems: Merits, Deficiencies, and Remedies
Page 4
1.3. Intentional Systems and Network Representations
Page 12
1.4. The Case for Probabilities
Page 14
1.5. Qualitative Reasoning with Probabilities
Page 23
1.6. Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
Page 26
Chapter 2. Bayesian Inference
Page 29
2.1. Basic Concepts
Page 29
2.2. Hierarchical Modeling
Page 42
2.3. Epistemological issues of Belief Updating
Page 62
2.4. Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
Page 70
Chapter 3. Markov and Bayesian Networks: Two Graphical Representations of Probabilistic Knowledge
Page 77
3.1. From Numerical to Graphical Representations
Page 78
3.2. Markov Networks
Page 96
3.3. Bayesian Networks
Page 116
3.4. Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
Page 131
Chapter 4. Belief Updating by Network Propagation
Page 143
4.1. Autonomous Propagation as a Computational Paradigm
Page 144
4.2. Belief Propagation in Causal Trees
Page 150
4.3. Belief Propagation in Causal Polytrees (Singly Connected Networks)
Page 175
4.4. Coping with Loops
Page 195
4.5. What Else can Bayesian Networks Compute?
Page 223
4.6. Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
Page 232
Chapter 5. Distributed Revision of Composite Beliefs
Page 239
5.1. Introduction
Page 239
5.2. Illustrating the Propagation Scheme
Page 241
5.3. Belief Revision in Singly Connected Networks
Page 250
5.4. Diagnosis of Systems with Multiple Faults
Page 263
5.5. Application to Medical Diagnosis
Page 272
5.6. The Nature of Explanations
Page 281
5.7. Conclusions
Page 286
5.8. Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
Page 287
Chapter 6. Decision and Control
Page 289
6.1. From Beliefs to Actions: Introduction to Decision Analysis
Page 289
6.2. Decision Trees and Influence Diagrams
Page 299
6.3. The Value of Information
Page 313
6.4. Relevance-Based Control
Page 318
6.5. Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
Page 327
Chapter 7. Taxonomic Hierarchies, Continuous Variables, and Uncertain Probabilities
Page 333
7.1. Evidential Reasoning in Taxonomic Hierarchies
Page 333
7.2. Managing Continuous Variables
Page 344
7.3. Representation Uncertainty about Probabilities
Page 357
7.4. Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
Page 372
Chapter 8. Learning Structure from Data
Page 381
8.1. Causality, Modularity, and Tree Structures
Page 383
8.2. Structuring the Observables
Page 387
8.3. Learning Hidden Causes
Page 398
8.4. Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
Page 408
Chapter 9. Non-Bayesian Formalisms for Managing Uncertainty
Page 415
9.1. The Dempster-Shafer Theory
Page 416
9.2. Truth Maintenance Systems
Page 450
9.3. Probabilistic Logic
Page 457
9.4. Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
Page 462
Chapter 10. Logic and Probability: The Strange Connection
Page 467
10.1. Introduction to Nonmonotonic Reasoning
Page 467
10.2. Probabilistic Semantics for Default Reasoning
Page 481
10.3. Embracing Causality in Default Reasoning
Page 497
10.4. A Probabilistic Treatment of the Yale Shooting Problem
Page 409
10.5. Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
Page 516

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