Nordic Informatics Network in the Agricultural Sciences

Reasoning under Uncertainty in Agriculture

Bayesian Networks and Graphical Models

Examples of applications in agriculture, environment and biology

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• A graphical model for the evaluation of cross-transfer evidence in DNA profiles,
  Theoretical Population Biology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 March 2003,
  Colin Aitken, Franco Taroni and Paolo Garbolino
• Using probabilistic and decision–theoretic methods in treatment and prognosis modeling,
  Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 2, February 1999, Pages 121-134
  Steen Andreassen, Christian Riekehr, Brian Kristensen, Henrik C. Schønheyder and Leonard Leibovici
• Belief network models of land manager decisions and land use change,
  Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 65, Issue 1, May 2002, Pages 1-23
  P. J. Bacon, J. D. Cain and D. C. Howard
• Application of belief networks to water management studies,
  Agricultural Water Management, Volume 40, Issue 1, 1 March 1999, Pages 51-57
  Charles Batchelor and Jeremy Cain
• Participatory decision support for agricultural management. A case study from Sri Lanka
  Agricultural Systems, Volume 76, Issue 2, May 2003
  J. D. Cain, K. Jinapala, I. W. Makin, P. G. Somaratna, B. R. Ariyaratna and L. R. Perera

• ErosPredict - A Program for Predicting Soil Erosion
  Dina Notat No. 100 · May 2002
  Søren Højsgaard, Helle Højmark Rasmussen and Jørgen Djurhuus

• Accelerating chromosome evaluation for partial abductive inference in Bayesian networks by means of explanation set absorption,
  International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Volume 27, Issue 2, August 2001, Pages 121-142
  Luis M. de Campos, José A. Gámez and Serafín Moral
• A Bayesian network based monitoring system for sow management
  Erik Jørgensen and Nils Toft.
• The use of a Bayesian network in the design of a decision support system for growing malting barley without use of pesticides,
  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Volume 33, Issue 3, 1 March 2002, Pages 197-217
  Kristian Kristensen and Ilse A. Rasmussen
• Bayesian model-based diagnosis,
  International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Volume 27, Issue 2, August 2001, Pages 99-119
  Peter J. F. Lucas
• Using Bayesian belief networks to evaluate fish and wildlife population viability under land management alternatives from an environmental impact statement,
  Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 153, Issues 1-3, 1 October 2001, Pages 29-42
  Bruce G. Marcot, Richard S. Holthausen, Martin G. Raphael, Mary M. Rowland and Michael J. Wisdom
• Using a Bayesian belief network to aid differential diagnosis of tropical bovine diseases,
  Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Volume 47, Issue 3, 16 November 2000, Pages 141-156
  I. J. McKendrick, G. Gettinby, Y. Gu, S. W. J. Reid and C. W. Revie
• Evaluation of potential effects of federal land management alternatives on trends of salmonids and their habitats in the interior Columbia River basin,
  Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 153, Issues 1-3, 1 October 2001, Pages 43-62
  Bruce Rieman, James T. Peterson, James Clayton, Philip Howell, Russell Thurow, William Thompson and Danny Lee
• Prognostic performance of two expert systems based on Bayesian belief networks,
  Decision Support Systems, Volume 27, Issue 4, January 2000, Pages 431-442
  G. C. Sakellaropoulos and G. C. Nikiforidis
• Comparing diagnoses from expert systems and human experts
  Agricultural Systems, Volume 76, Issue 2, May 2003, Pages 527-538
  M. Seidel, C. Breslin, R. M. Christley, G. Gettinby, S. W. J. Reid and C. W. Revie
• Bayesian MCMC mapping of quantitative trait loci in a half-sib design: a graphical model perspective
  International Statistical Review, Volume 70 (2), 2002, 241-267
  N.A. Sheehan, B. Guldbrandtsen, M.S. Lund and D.A. Sorensen

Author: phd@dina.kvl.dk. Updated: 18 marts 2003