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MS&E355

Influence Diagrams and Probabilistics Networks

Management Science and Engineering ENGR - School of Engineering

Course Description

Network representations for reasoning under uncertainty: influence diagrams, belief networks, and Markov networks. Structuring and assessment of decision problems under uncertainty. Learning from evidence. Conditional independence and requisite information. Node reductions. Belief propagation and revision. Simulation. Linear-quadratic-Gaussian decision models and Kalman filters. Dynamic processes. Bayesian meta-analysis. Limited Enrollment. Prerequisites: 220, 252, or equivalents, or consent of instructor.

Grading Basis

ROP - Letter or Credit/No Credit

Min

3

Max

3

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

No

Course Component

Lecture

Enrollment Optional?

No

Programs

MS&E355 is a completion requirement for: