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Representing and combining partially specified cpts


Author(s) : Kathryn Blackmond Laskey Suzanne M. Mahoney, 
Publisher : N/A
Publication Date : 1999
ISSN : N/A
Abstract : This paper extends previous work with network fragments and situation-specific network construction. We formally define the asymmetry network, an alternative representation for a conditional probability table. We also present an object-oriented representation for partially specified asymmetry networks. We show that the representation is parsimonious. We define an algebra for the elements of the representation that allows us to ?factor ? any CPT and to soundly combine the partially specified asymmetry networks. 1.,