Algorithms for Conditioning on Events of Zero Lower Probability

May 2002

Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS 2002)

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Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS 2002)

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This paper presents techniques for computing conditional lower expectations through sequences of pivoting operations, for conditioning events with positive or zero lower/upper probability. The algorithms depart from the sequences of linear programs currently employed in the literature.