Bounded Conditioning: Flexible Inference for Decisions Under Scarce Resources

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Citation: Eric Horvitz and Henri Jacques Suermondt and Gregory F. Cooper. (1989) Bounded Conditioning: Flexible Inference for Decisions Under Scarce Resources. In Association for Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, 1989.

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author Eric Horvitz and Henri Jacques Suermondt and Gregory F. Cooper
title Bounded Conditioning: Flexible Inference for Decisions Under Scarce Resources
booktitle Association for Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence
address WIndsor, ON
year 1989
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abstract We introduce an incremental-refinement approach to probabilistic inference called bounded conditioning. Bounded conditioning monotonically refines the bounds on probabilities in a belief network with computation, and converges on a final probability of interest with the allocation of a complete resource fraction. As such, the approach holds promise as a useful inference technique for reasoning under the general conditions of uncertain and varying reasoning resources. The algorithm can solve a great portion of a probabilistic bounding problem in complex belief networks through breaking the world into a set of mutually exclusive, tractable subproblems and ordering their solution by the expected effect that each subproblem will have on the final answer. We introduce the algorithm, discuss its worst-case characterization, and present its performance on a complex belief network for reasoning about problems in the intensive-care unit.

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Abstract We introduce an incremental-refinement app We introduce an incremental-refinement approach to probabilistic inference called bounded conditioning. Bounded conditioning monotonically refines the bounds on probabilities in a belief network with computation, and converges on a final probability of interest with the allocation of a complete resource fraction. As such, the approach holds promise as a useful inference technique for reasoning under the general conditions of uncertain and varying reasoning resources. The algorithm can solve a great portion of a probabilistic bounding problem in complex belief networks through breaking the world into a set of mutually exclusive, tractable subproblems and ordering their solution by the expected effect that each subproblem will have on the final answer. We introduce the algorithm, discuss its worst-case characterization, and present its performance on a complex belief network for reasoning about problems in the intensive-care unit. about problems in the intensive-care unit.
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Title Bounded Conditioning: Flexible Inference for Decisions Under Scarce Resources  +
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