Decision Network Semantics of Branching Constraint Satisfaction Problems

نویسندگان

  • Kenneth N. Brown
  • Peter J. F. Lucas
  • David W. Fowler
چکیده

Branching Constraint Satisfaction Problems (BCSPs) have been introduced to model dynamic resource allocation subject to constraints and uncertainty. We give BCSPs a formal probability semantics by showing how they can be mapped to a certain class of Bayesian decision networks.

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تاریخ انتشار 2003