Example M.S. Thesis Topics

Marek J. Druzdzel
School of Information Sciences and Intelligent Systems Program
University of Pittsburgh

This page lists M.Sc. Thesis topics that were pursued at the Decision Systems Laboratory in the past:

• Modeling Physiological Processes with Dynamic Bayesian Networks (2006)
• Visualizing Inference in Bayesian Networks (2006)
• A Causal Model for Qualitative Reasoning (2006)
• Dynamic Weighting A* Search-based MAP Algorithm for Bayesian Networks (2005)
• GeNIeRate: An Interactive Generator of Diagnostic Bayesian Network Models (2005)
• Using Cases To Refine Bayesian Networks (2005)
• Bayesian Networks in Credit Rating (2004)
• Interactive Data Exploration for Bayesian Network Learning (2003)
• An Importance Sampling Algorithm Based on Evidence Pre-propagation (2003)
• Support for Multiple Cause Diagnosis with Bayesian Networks (2002)
• An Anytime Exhaustive Algorithm for Solving Influence Diagrams (2000)
• Decision-Making under Uncertainty in Clinical Dentistry: A Probabilistic Approach to a Dental Clinical Advisory System (2000)
• Graphical Elicitation of Numerical Parameters in a Development Environment for Probabilistic Models (1999)
• ImaGeNIe -- Interactive Model Authoring in GeNIe (1999)
• SmileX: An ActiveX Decision-Analytic Reasoning Engine and Its Application to Evaluation of Credit Applicants (1999)
• Computational Advantages of Relevance Reasoning in Bayesian Belief Networks (1997)
• Reversible Causal Mechanisms in Bayesian Belief Networks (1997)
• Supporting the Change in Structure in a Decision Support System Based on Structural Equations (1997)

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