Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems
Subtitle: Networks of Plausible Inference
By: Judea Pearl.
Edition: Revised 2nd printing.
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Published: 1988
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 552
Table of contents: label: Chapter 1
title: Uncertainty in AI Systems: An Overview
pagenum: 1; label: 1.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1.2
title: Extensional Systems: Merits, Deficiencies, and Remedies
pagenum: 4; label: 1.3
title: Intentional Systems and Network Representations
pagenum: 12; label: 1.4
title: The Case for Probabilities
pagenum: 14; label: 1.5
title: Qualitative Reasoning with Probabilities
pagenum: 23; label: 1.6
title: Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
pagenum: 26; label: Chapter 2
title: Bayesian Inference
pagenum: 29; label: 2.1
title: Basic Concepts
pagenum: 29; label: 2.2
title: Hierarchical Modeling
pagenum: 42; label: 2.3
title: Epistemological issues of Belief Updating
pagenum: 62; label: 2.4
title: Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
pagenum: 70; label: Chapter 3
title: Markov and Bayesian Networks: Two Graphical Representations of Probabilistic Knowledge
pagenum: 77; label: 3.1
title: From Numerical to Graphical Representations
pagenum: 78; label: 3.2
title: Markov Networks
pagenum: 96; label: 3.3
title: Bayesian Networks
pagenum: 116; label: 3.4
title: Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
pagenum: 131; label: Chapter 4
title: Belief Updating by Network Propagation
pagenum: 143; label: 4.1
title: Autonomous Propagation as a Computational Paradigm
pagenum: 144; label: 4.2
title: Belief Propagation in Causal Trees
pagenum: 150; label: 4.3
title: Belief Propagation in Causal Polytrees (Singly Connected Networks)
pagenum: 175; label: 4.4
title: Coping with Loops
pagenum: 195; label: 4.5
title: What Else can Bayesian Networks Compute?
pagenum: 223; label: 4.6
title: Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
pagenum: 232; label: Chapter 5
title: Distributed Revision of Composite Beliefs
pagenum: 239; label: 5.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 239; label: 5.2
title: Illustrating the Propagation Scheme
pagenum: 241; label: 5.3
title: Belief Revision in Singly Connected Networks
pagenum: 250; label: 5.4
title: Diagnosis of Systems with Multiple Faults
pagenum: 263; label: 5.5
title: Application to Medical Diagnosis
pagenum: 272; label: 5.6
title: The Nature of Explanations
pagenum: 281; label: 5.7
title: Conclusions
pagenum: 286; label: 5.8
title: Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
pagenum: 287; label: Chapter 6
title: Decision and Control
pagenum: 289; label: 6.1
title: From Beliefs to Actions: Introduction to Decision Analysis
pagenum: 289; label: 6.2
title: Decision Trees and Influence Diagrams
pagenum: 299; label: 6.3
title: The Value of Information
pagenum: 313; label: 6.4
title: Relevance-Based Control
pagenum: 318; label: 6.5
title: Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
pagenum: 327; label: Chapter 7
title: Taxonomic Hierarchies, Continuous Variables, and Uncertain Probabilities
pagenum: 333; label: 7.1
title: Evidential Reasoning in Taxonomic Hierarchies
pagenum: 333; label: 7.2
title: Managing Continuous Variables
pagenum: 344; label: 7.3
title: Representation Uncertainty about Probabilities
pagenum: 357; label: 7.4
title: Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
pagenum: 372; label: Chapter 8
title: Learning Structure from Data
pagenum: 381; label: 8.1
title: Causality, Modularity, and Tree Structures
pagenum: 383; label: 8.2
title: Structuring the Observables
pagenum: 387; label: 8.3
title: Learning Hidden Causes
pagenum: 398; label: 8.4
title: Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
pagenum: 408; label: Chapter 9
title: Non-Bayesian Formalisms for Managing Uncertainty
pagenum: 415; label: 9.1
title: The Dempster-Shafer Theory
pagenum: 416; label: 9.2
title: Truth Maintenance Systems
pagenum: 450; label: 9.3
title: Probabilistic Logic
pagenum: 457; label: 9.4
title: Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
pagenum: 462; label: Chapter 10
title: Logic and Probability: The Strange Connection
pagenum: 467; label: 10.1
title: Introduction to Nonmonotonic Reasoning
pagenum: 467; label: 10.2
title: Probabilistic Semantics for Default Reasoning
pagenum: 481; label: 10.3
title: Embracing Causality in Default Reasoning
pagenum: 497; label: 10.4
title: A Probabilistic Treatment of the Yale Shooting Problem
pagenum: 409; label: 10.5
title: Bibliographic and Historical Remarks
pagenum: 516