A Fusion Algorithm for Solving Bayesian Decision Problems

03/20/2013

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by   Prakash P. Shenoy, et al.

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This paper proposes a new method for solving Bayesian decision problems. The method consists of representing a Bayesian decision problem as a valuation-based system and applying a fusion algorithm for solving it. The fusion algorithm is a hybrid of local computational methods for computation of marginals of joint probability distributions and the local computational methods for discrete optimization problems.