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Probabilistic reasoning in intelligent systems : networks of plausible inference / Judea Pearl.

By: Pearl, Judea.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Morgan Kaufmann series in representation and reasoning: Publisher: San Mateo, Calif. : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1988Description: xix, 552 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0934613737.Subject(s): Artificial intelligence | Reasoning | ProbabilitiesDDC classification: 006.3
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Textbook offers an accessible account of the theoretical foundations and computational methods that underlie plausible reasoning under uncertainty. For graduate-level courses in AI, operations research, and applied probability. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-538) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Chapter 1 Uncertainty In AI Systems: An Overview
  • Chapter 2 Bayesian Inference
  • Chapter 3 Markov and Bayesian Networks: Two Graphical Representations of Probabilistic Knowledge
  • Chapter 4 Belief Updating by Network Propagation
  • Chapter 5 Distributed Revision of Composite Beliefs
  • Chapter 6 Decision and Control
  • Chapter 7 Taxonomic Hierarchies, Continuous Variables, and Uncertain Probabilities
  • Chapter 8 Learning Structure from Data
  • Chapter 9 Non-Bayesian Formalisms for Managing Uncertainty
  • Chapter 10 Logic and Probability: The Strange Connection