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In this paper we examine the use of Bayesian networks (BNs) for improving weather prediction, applying them to the problem of predicting sea breezes. We compare a pre-existing Bureau of Meteorology rule-based system with an elicited BN and others learned by two data mining programs, TETRAD II [Spirtes et al., 1993] and Causal MML [Wallace and Korb, 1999]. These Bayesian nets are shown to significantly outperform the rule-based system in predictive accuracy.
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Kennett, R.J., Korb, K.B., Nicholson, A.E. (2001). Seabreeze Prediction Using Bayesian Networks. In: Cheung, D., Williams, G.J., Li, Q. (eds) Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. PAKDD 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2035. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45357-1_18
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