Title :
Analysis of uncertain data: Selection of probes for information gathering
Author :
Gershman, Anatole ; Fink, Eugene ; Fu, Bin ; Carbonell, Jaime G.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
We consider the problem of gathering data for evaluation of given hypotheses, and describe a method for analyzing tradeoffs between the expected utility and the cost of data collection.
Keywords :
belief networks; data handling; Bayesian reasoning; data collection; data gathering; information gathering; uncertain data; Companies; Computer science; Costs; Cybernetics; Data analysis; Information analysis; Marketing and sales; Pharmaceuticals; Probes; USA Councils; Bayesian reasoning; Uncertainty; artificial intelligence; data gathering; hypothesis evaluation;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2009. SMC 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2793-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1062-922X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5345902
