Adnan Darwiche

Modeling and Reasoning with Bayesian Networks

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Produktbeschreibung

This book introduces the formal foundations and practical applications of Bayesian networks.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 562
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1043g
• ISBN-13: 9781107678422
• ISBN-10: 1107678420
• Artikelnr.: 41247755

Autorenporträt

Adnan Darwiche is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Propositional logic
3. Probability calculus
4. Bayesian networks
5. Building Bayesian networks
6. Inference by variable elimination
7. Inference by factor elimination
8. Inference by conditioning
9. Models for graph decomposition
10. Most likely instantiations
11. The complexity of probabilistic inference
12. Compiling Bayesian networks
13. Inference with local structure
14. Approximate inference by belief propagation
15. Approximate inference by stochastic sampling
16. Sensitivity analysis
17. Learning: the maximum likelihood approach
18. Learning: the Bayesian approach
Appendix A: notation
Appendix B: concepts from information theory
Appendix C: fixed point iterative methods
Appendix D: constrained optimization.

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1. Introduction; 2. Propositional logic; 3. Probability calculus; 4. Bayesian networks; 5. Building Bayesian networks; 6. Inference by variable elimination; 7. Inference by factor elimination; 8. Inference by conditioning; 9. Models for graph decomposition; 10. Most likely instantiations; 11. The complexity of probabilistic inference; 12. Compiling Bayesian networks; 13. Inference with local structure; 14. Approximate inference by belief propagation; 15. Approximate inference by stochastic sampling; 16. Sensitivity analysis; 17. Learning: the maximum likelihood approach; 18. Learning: the Bayesian approach; Appendix A: notation; Appendix B: concepts from information theory; Appendix C: fixed point iterative methods; Appendix D: constrained optimization.

Rezensionen

'... both practical and advanced ... The first five chapters are sufficient for students and practitioners to gain the necessary knowledge in order to build Bayesian networks for moderately sized applications with the aid of a software tool ... All major inference methods are covered in later chapters which allow researchers and software developers to implement their own software systems tailored to their needs ... It is a comprehensive book that can be used for self study by students and newcomers to the field or as a companion for courses on probabilistic reasoning. Experienced researchers may also find deeper information on some topics. In my opinion, the book should definitely be [on] the bookshelf of everyone who teaches Bayesian networks and builds probabilistic reasoning agents.' Artificial Intelligence