]> 2012-05-27T23:30:36-04:00 A combination of cutset conditioning with clique-tree propagation in the pathfinder system Cutset conditioning and clique-tree propagation are two popular methodsfor performing exact probabilistic inference in Bayesian belief networks. Cutset conditioning is based on decomposition of a subset of network nodes,whereas clique-tree propagation depends on aggregation of nodes. We describea means to combine cutset conditioning and clique-tree propagation in anapproach called AGGREGATION AFTER DECOMPOSITION (AD). We discuss theapplication of the AD method in the Pathfinder system, a medical expert systemthat offers assistance with diagnosis in hematopathology. inproceedings Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence KSL-90-47 245-254 A Combination of Cutset Conditioning with Clique-Tree Propagation in the Pathfinder System KSL-90-47 1992 Year Tr id Title Computer science Tag Elsevier Science booktitles Publisher Pages Key Booktitle Bibtype David Heckerman Gregory F. Cooper Henri Jacques Suermondt Author Abstract KSL Technical Report Publication Proceeding Paper