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Keywords:
Markov chain Monte Carlo; multi-dimensional distribution; Gibbs distribution; sampled data; knowledge integration; expert systems
Summary:
With the aid of Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods we can sample even from complex multi-dimensional distributions which cannot be exactly calculated. Thus, an application to the problem of knowledge integration (e. g. in expert systems) is straightforward.
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