]> 2012-02-11T01:37:04-05:00 A Perspective on Confidence and Its Use in Focusing Attention during Knowledge Acquisition We examine a Bayesian approach for accomodating beliefs and preferences that are held within partial confidence. An important notion highlighted by the method is that additional modeling can be valuable when complete confidence is lacking. We develop a meta-decision-analytic approach to balance the benefits of additional modeling with associated costs. We show how the approach can be used during knowledge acquisition to focus the attention of a knowledge engineer or expert on parts of a decision model that deserve additional refinement. techreport 1987 A Perspective on Confidence and Its Use in Focusing Attention during Knowledge Acquisition KSL-87-45 1987 Journal Memo. A Perspective on Confidence and Its Use in Focusing Attention during Knowledge Acquisition 1987 Year Title YES Process note Number Note Ksl tr id Knowledge Systems, AI Laboratory Institution Has year Has where published Has title Has publishing details Has identifier Has author Bibtype David Heckerman and Holly Brügge Jimison Author Abstract KSL Technical Report Publication Technical Report