Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:33:47 -0500 (CDT)
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From: Yufeng Wu <wu@ISIP.MsState.EDU>
To: picone@ISIP00.ISIP.MsState.Edu
Subject: abstract for belief network
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"Rational belief network" is supposed to be one of my ece8000 course topics.
However, I couldn't find the related material anywhere. All I found was a 
term called "Rational Belief Equilibria (RBE)" which is used in Economics.
So I have to use "Belief networks" as my title instead of "Rational Belief 
networks".

Belief network provides us a method to represent relationships between 
different variables using a network structure, The relationships could be  
uncertainty, unpredictability or imprecision. They may be learned 
automatically from data files, created by a user, or developed by 
a combination of the two. The belief network contains knowledge in a
modular form that can be transported from one situation to another. 
it is a form people can understand, and which allows a clear visualization of 
the relationships involved. 

--Wu