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Caben: A collection of algorithms for belief networks


Author(s) : Mark E. Frisse William Chen Steve B. Cousins, 
Publisher : N/A
Publication Date : 1991
ISSN : N/A
Abstract : Belief networks have become an increasingly popular mechanism for dealing with uncertainty in systems. Unfortunately, it is known that finding the probability values of belief network nodes given a set of evidence is not tractable in general. Many different simulation algorithms for approximating solutions to this problem have been proposed and implemented. In this report, we describe the implementation of a collection of such algorithms, CABeN. CABeN contains a library of routines for simulating belief networks, a program for accessing the routines through menus on any `tty ' interface, and some sample programs demonstrating how the library would be used within an application.,