Bayesian Networks
CSC 261 - Weinman


Answer the following questions. Record your answers in your Reading Journal.
  1. Select the sentence from today's reading that you feel best illustrates the significance of item #3 in the full specification of a Bayesian network (p. 493). Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain why you chose this sentence.
  2. Select the sentence from today's reading that you feel best summarizes the importance of node ordering for Bayesian network construction. Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain why you chose this sentence.
  3. Two conditional independence relations are given for a variable in a Bayesian network (p. 499). Answer the following questions from the standpoint of incorporating evidence and making inference calculations.
    1. Which do you feel is more useful? Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your rationale.
    2. Which do you feel is more practical (i.e., computationally)? Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your rationale.
    Your answer could be the same for both.


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