Computing Probability Intervals Under Independency Constraints

Abstract

Many AI researchers argue that probability theory is only capable of dealing with uncertainty in situations where a fully specified joint probability distribution is available, and conclude that it is not suitable for application in AI systems. Probability intervals, however, constitute a means for expressing incompleteness of information. We present a method for computing probability interval! for probabilities of interest from a partial specification of a joint probability distribution. Our method improves on earlier approaches by all owing for independency relation­ ships between statistical variables to be exploited .

Cite

Text

van der Gaag. "Computing Probability Intervals Under Independency Constraints." Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, 1990.

Markdown

[van der Gaag. "Computing Probability Intervals Under Independency Constraints." Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, 1990.](https://mlanthology.org/uai/1990/vandergaag1990uai-computing/)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{vandergaag1990uai-computing,
  title     = {{Computing Probability Intervals Under Independency Constraints}},
  author    = {van der Gaag, Linda C.},
  booktitle = {Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence},
  year      = {1990},
  pages     = {457-466},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/uai/1990/vandergaag1990uai-computing/}
}