Published Works

Books

Neapolitan R.E., and X. Jiang, Probabilistic Methods for Financial and Marketing Informatics, Morgan Kaufmann, San Mateo, CA, 2007

 

Neapolitan, R.E., and K. Namipour, Foundations of Algorithm using Java Pseudocode, Jones and Bartlett, Sudbury, MA, 2004 

 

Neapolitan, R.E., Learning Bayesian Networks, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2003

 

Neapolitan, R.E., and K. Namipour, Foundations of Algorithms, Jones and Bartlett, Sudbury, MA, 1996, 1998, 2003  Review

 

Neapolitan, R.E., Probabilistic Reasoning in Expert Systems: Theory and Algorithms, Wiley, NY, 1990  Review

 

Recent Significant Publications

Neapolitan, R.E., `A Polemic for Bayesian Statistics, ' to appear in an edited volume on Bayesian Networks, 2007

Neapolitan, R.E., and X. Jiang, `A Tutorial on Learning Causal Influences, ' in Holmes, D. and L. Jain (Eds.): Innovations in Machine Learning, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2006

Neapolitan, R.E., and S. Morris, `Probabilistic Modeling Using Bayesian Networks,' in D. Kaplan (Ed.): Handbook of Quantitative Methodology in the Social Sciences, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2004

Morris, S., and R.E. Neapolitan, `Examination of a Bayesian Network Model of Human Causal Reasoning,' in M. H. Hamza (Ed.), Applied Simulation and Modeling: Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference, IASTED/ACTA Press, Anaheim, CA, 2000

Neapolitan, R.E., S. Morris, and D. Cork, `The Cognitive Processing of Causal Knowledge,' in D. Geiger and P. Shenoy (Eds.) Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence 97, Morgan Kaufmann, San Mateo, CA, 1997

Neapolitan, R.E., 'Is Higher-Order Uncertainty Needed?,' IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Special Issue on Higher Order Uncertainty, May, 1996

Neapolitan, R.E., 'Computing the Confidence in a Medical Decision Obtained from an Influence Diagram' Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Vol. 5, 1993

Che, P., J.R. Kenevan, M. Evens, and R.E. Neapolitan, 'An Implementation of a Method For Determining the Uncertainty in Inferred Probabilities in Belief Networks,' in D. Heckerman and A. Mamdani (eds.), Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence 93, Morgan Kaufmann, San Mateo, CA, 1993

Neapolitan, R.E., 'The Interpretation and Application of Belief Functions,' Applied Artificial Intelligence, an International Journal, 1993

Neapolitan, R.E., 'A Survey of Uncertain and Approximate Inference,' in L. Zadeh and J. Kacprzyk (eds.): Fuzzy Logic for the Management of Uncertainty, Wiley, NY, 1992

Kenevan, J.R. and R.E. Neapolitan, 'A Model Theoretic Approach to Prepositional Logic Using Beth Tableaux,' in L. Zadeh and J. Kacprzyk (eds.): Fuzzy Logic for the Management of Uncertainty, Wiley, NY, 1992

Neapolitan, R.E., 'A Limiting Frequency Approach to Probability Based on the Weak Law of Large Numbers,' Philosophy of Science, Vol. 59, No. 3, 1992

Neapolitan, R.E., 'The Principle of Interval Constraints, a Generalization of the Symmetric Dirichlet Distribution,' Mathematical Biosciences, 1991

Neapolitan, R.E. and J.R. Kenevan, 'Investigation of Variances in Belief Networks,' Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, UCLA, July, 1991

Neapolitan, R.E. 'Propagation of Variances in Belief Networks,' Proceedings of SPIE's Conference on Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Orlando, April, 1991

Neapolitan, R.E. and J.R. Kenevan, 'Computation of Variances in Causal Networks,' Proceedings of the fifth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, MIT, July, 1990

Neapolitan, R.E. and J.R. Kenevan, `Justifying the Principle of Interval Constraints,' Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, University of Minnesota, August, 1988

Neapolitan, R.E., C. Georgakis, M. Evens, J.R. Kenevan, H. Jiwani, and D.B. Hier, `Using Set Covering and Uncertain Reasoning to Rank Explanations,' Proceedings of SCAMC, Washington D.C., Nov., 1987

Neapolitan, R.E., `Models for Reasoning Under Uncertainty,' Applied Artificial Intelligence, an International Journal, 1987

Neapolitan, R.E., `A Note of Caution on Combining Certainty,' International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 1, No. 3 & 4, 1987