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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782592403321

Autore

Riggelsen Carsten

Titolo

Approximation methods for efficient learning of Bayesian networks [[electronic resource] /] / Carsten Riggelsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, c2008

ISBN

6611733337

1-281-73333-4

9786611733339

1-60750-298-4

600-00-0346-3

1-4337-1131-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (148 p.)

Collana

Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications ; ; v. 168

Dissertations in artificial intelligence

Disciplina

519.5

519.5/42

Soggetti

Bayesian statistical decision theory

Machine learning

Neural networks (Computer science)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-137).

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Preliminaries; Learning Bayesian Networks from Data; Monte Carlo Methods and MCMC Simulation; Learning from Incomplete Data; Conclusion; References

Sommario/riassunto

This publication offers and investigates efficient Monte Carlo simulation methods in order to realize a Bayesian approach to approximate learning of Bayesian networks from both complete and incomplete data. For large amounts of incomplete data when Monte Carlo methods are inefficient, approximations are implemented, such that learning remains feasible, albeit non-Bayesian. The topics discussed are: basic concepts about probabilities, graph theory and conditional independence; Bayesian network learning from data; Monte Carlo simulation techniques; and, the concept of incomplete data. In order t