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The computational complexity of probabilistic inference using Bayesian belief networks (research note)

Gregory F. Cooper
- 03 Mar 1990 - 
- Vol. 42, Iss: 2, pp 393-405
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In this article, it was shown that probabilistic inference using belief networks is NP-hard and that it seems unlikely that an exact algorithm can be developed to perform inference efficiently over all classes of belief networks and that research should be directed toward the design of efficient special-case, average-case and approximation algorithms.
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This article is published in Artificial Intelligence.The article was published on 1990-03-03. It has received 1877 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Variable elimination & Probabilistic analysis of algorithms.

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