A Heuristic Bayesian Approach to Knowledge Acquisition: Application to
  Analysis of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator
  This paper describes a heuristic Bayesian method for computing probability
distributions from experimental data, based upon the multivariate normal form
of the influence diagram. An example illustrates its use in medical technology
assessment. This approach facilitates the integration of results from different
studies, and permits a medical expert to make proper assessments without
considerable statistical training.
