Probabilistic methods for financial and marketing informatics /

Bayesian Networks are a form of probabilistic graphical models and they are used for modeling knowledge in many application areas, from medicine to image processing. They are particularly useful for business applications, ans * Unique coverage of probabilistic reasoning topics applied to business pr...

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Main Author: Neapolitan, Richard E.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Jiang, Xia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Fransisco, CA : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, ©2007.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Bayesian Networks are a form of probabilistic graphical models and they are used for modeling knowledge in many application areas, from medicine to image processing. They are particularly useful for business applications, ans * Unique coverage of probabilistic reasoning topics applied to business problems, including marketing, banking, operations management, and finance. * Shares insights about when and why probabilistic methods can and cannot be used effectively; * Complete review of Bayesian networks and probabilistic methods for those IT professionals new to informatics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 413 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-408) and index.
ISBN:9780123704771
0123704774
9780080555676
0080555675