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In this paper, we introduce evidence propagation operations on influence diagrams and a concept of value of evidence, which measures the value of experimentation. Evidence propagation operations are critical for the computation of the value of evidence, general update and inference operations in normative expert systems which are based on the influence diagram (Bayesian Network) paradigm. The value of evidence allows us to compute directly a value of perfect information and a value of control which are used in decision analysis (the science of decision making under uncertainty).
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Ezawa, K.J. (1995). Evidence propagation on influence diagrams and value of evidence. In: Bouchon-Meunier, B., Yager, R.R., Zadeh, L.A. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Computing — IPMU '94. IPMU 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 945. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0035947
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