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Qualitative probabilistic networks are designed for probabilistic inference in a qualitative way. They capture qualitative influences between variables, but do not provide for indicating the strengths of these influences. As a result, trade-offs between conflicting influences remain unresolved upon inference. In this paper, we investigate the use of order-of-magnitude kappa values to capture strengths of influences in a qualitative network. We detail the use of these kappas upon inference, thereby providing for trade-off resolution.
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Renooij, S., Parsons, S., Pardieck, P. (2003). Using Kappas as Indicators of Strength in Qualitative Probabilistic Networks. In: Nielsen, T.D., Zhang, N.L. (eds) Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty. ECSQARU 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2711. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45062-7_7
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