Profiling your Customers using Bayesian Networks Paola Sebastiani
Marco Ramoni
Alexander Crea
Bayesware Limited and Department of Mathematics, Imperial College 180 Queen’s Gate, London SW7, United Kingdom
Bayesware Limited and Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
[email protected] [email protected] ABSTRACT
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