Bayesian Knowledge Discoverer for MS Windows 95/NT

Marco Ramoni (m.ramoni@open.ac.uk)
Sat, 20 Jun 1998 03:36:08 +0100

Dear all,

Just to notify you that a new version of BKD for Windows 95/NT is
available on the web.

Cheers,

Marco

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BAYESIAN KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERER
Version 1.0 (Beta) for MS Windows 95/NT

Bayesian Knowledge Discoverer (BKD) is a computer program designed to
extract
Bayesian Belief Networks from (possibly incomplete) databases. The aim
of BKD
is to provide a Knowledge Discovery tool able to extract reusable
knowledge
from databases, using sounds and accountable statistical methods. BKD
Version
0.1 and Version 0.2 have been distributed in over 1000 copies worldwide.

CAPABILITIES

The capabilities of BKD Version 1.0 (Beta) include: estimation of
conditional
probability from data, extraction of the graphical structure from
data, goal
oriented evidence propagation, missing data handling using Bound and
Collapse
discretization of continous variables, automated definition of nodes
from data
from data, conversion from and to the proposed standard Bayesian
Networks Int-
erchance Format (BNIF), Graphic User Interface and a movie-based on-line
help.

REQUIREMENTS

BKD Version 1.0 (Beta) for MS Windows 95/NT requires MS Windows 95/NT,
32 MB RAM (64 MB preferred), and 30 MB of free diskspace.

DISTRIBUTION

A copy of BKD Version 1.0 (Beta) for MS Windows 95/NT can be
downloaded from
the WWW site of the Bayesian Knowledge Discovery Project, The Open
University
at http:/kmi.open.ac.uk/projects/bkd.