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Distinguished Professors at the University of Kansas: Recent submissions
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On Transforming Belief Function Models to Probability Models
(University of Kansas School of Business, 2003-07)In this paper, we explore methods for transforming a belief function model to an equivalent probability model. We propose and define the properties of a method called the plausibility transformation method. We compare the ... -
A Comparison of Methods for Transforming Belief Function Models to Probability Models
(Springer-Verlag, 2003-07)Recently, we proposed a new method called the plausibility transformation method to convert a belief function model to an equivalent probability model. In this paper, we compare the plausibility transformation method with ... -
A Linear Belief Function Approach to Portfolio Evaluation
(Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2003-08)We show how to use linear belief functions to represent market information and financial knowledge, including complete ignorance, statistical observations, subjective speculations, dis-tributional assumptions, linear ... -
Decision Making with Partially Consonant Belief Functions
(Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2003-08)This paper studies decision making for Walley’s partially consonant belief functions (pcb). In a pcb, the set of foci are partitioned. Within each partition, foci are nested. The pcb class includes probability and possibility ... -
Representing Asymmetric Decision Problems Using Coarse Valuations
(Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., 2004-04)A valuation-based system approach to knowledge representation has shown its advantages in improving computational efficiency and in allowing many decision models including belief networks. This study applies the Dempster–Shafer ... -
Hybrid Influence Diagrams Using Mixtures of Truncated Exponentials
(Association for Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, 2004-07)Mixtures of truncated exponentials (MTE) potentials are an alternative to discretization for representing continuous chance variables in influence diagrams. Also, MTE potentials can be used to approximate utility functions. ... -
A Causal Mapping Approach to Constructing Bayesian Networks
(Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., 2004-11)This paper describes a systematic procedure for constructing Bayesian networks (BNs) from domain knowledge of experts using the causal mapping approach. We outline how causal knowledge of experts can be represented as ... -
Two Axiomatic Approaches to Decision Making Using Possibility Theory
(Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., 2005-04-16)This paper proposes a utility theory for decision making under uncertainty that is described by possibility theory. We show that our approach is a natural generalization of the two axiomatic systems that correspond to ... -
Multistage Monte Carlo Method for Solving Influence Diagrams Using Local Computation
(Institute For Operations Research and Management Sciences, 2004-03)The main goal of this paper is to describe a new multistage Monte Carlo (MMC) simulation method for solving influence diagrams using local computation. Global methods have been proposed by others that sample from the joint ... -
Valuation Network Representation and Solution of Asymmetric Decision Problems
(Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., 2000-03-16)This paper deals with asymmetric decision problems. We describe a generalization of the valuation network representation and solution technique to enable efficient representation and solution of asymmetric decision problems. ... -
A Comparison of Bayesian and Belief Function Reasoning
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003-12)The goal of this paper is to compare the similarities and differences between Bayesian and belief function reasoning. Our main conclusion is that although there are obvious differences in semantics, representations, the ... -
Axioms for Probability and Belief-Function Propagation
(Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., 1990)In this paper, we describe an abstract framework and axioms under which exact local computation of marginals is possible. The primitive objects of the framework are variables and valuations. The primitive operators of the ... -
Local Computation in Hypertrees
(1991-07)The monograph describes theory and algorithms for computation of marginals using local computation that applies to a large number of domains including probability theory, Dempster-Shafer theory of belief functions, discrete ... -
The midcontinent rift system
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Latest Neoproterozoic to Mid-Cambrian age for the main deformation phases of the Transantarctic Mountains: new stratigraphic and isotopic constraints from the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica
(GEOLOGICAL SOC PUBL HOUSE, 2001-03)New isotopic ages and a fresh understanding of stratigraphic relations among siliciclastic strata in the Pensacola Mountains along the northern margin of the East Antarctic craton result in removal of some constraints for ... -
Prodrugs of peptides and proteins for improved formulation and delivery
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Ethnicity and sexuality
(ANNUAL REVIEWS, 2000)This paper explores the connections between ethnicity and sexuality. Racial, ethnic, and national boundaries are also sexual boundaries. The borderlands dividing racial, ethnic, and national identities and communities ... -
A review of collaborative partnerships as a strategy for improving community health
(Annual Reviews, 2000)Collaborative partnerships (people and organizations from multiple sectors working together in common purpose) are a prominent strategy for community health improvement. This review examines evidence about the effects of ...
