Decision Networks and Value of Information

CSC 261 - Artificial Intelligence - Weinman



Answer the following questions. Record your answers in your Reading Journal.
  1. Give an example from your own experience where you have followed a process similar to that outlined in section 16.5.2 Did you use a more complete decision network (like Fig. 16.6) or a simplified action-utility diagram (like Fig. 16.7)?
  2. Explain the equation for VPIe in your own language.
  3. Section 16.7 lists several steps in the process of creating a decision-theoretic expert system. Select the step that seems most difficult to you. Briefly explain why you chose this step.