On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:21 AM, Kingma, D.P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Small question... aren't Bbayesian network nodes just _conditionally_ > independent: so that set A is only independent from set B when > d-separated by some set Z? So please clarify, if possible, what kind > of independence you assume in your model.
Sorry, I made a mistake. You're right that X and Y can be dependent even if there is no direct link between them in a Bayesian network. I am currently trying to develop an approximate algorithm for Bayesian network inference. Exact BN inference takes care of dependencies as specified in the BN, but I suspect that an approximate algorithm may be faster. I have not worked out the details of this algorithm yet... and the talk about "independence" was misleading. YKY ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=114414975-3c8e69 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
