The Influence of Influence Diagrams on Artificial Intelligence

Craig Boutilier ()
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Craig Boutilier: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G5 Canada

Decision Analysis, 2005, vol. 2, issue 4, 229-231

Abstract: Howard and Matheson’s article “Influence Diagrams” has had a substantial impact on research in artificial intelligence (AI). In this perspective, I briefly discuss the importance of influence diagrams as a model for decision making under uncertainty in the AI research community; but I also identify some of the less direct, but no less important, influences this work has had on the field.

Keywords: influence diagrams; decision theory; artificial intelligence; value of information; graphical models; perspective; the focus on graphical modeling research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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