Belief Propagation

CSC 261 - Artificial Intelligence - Weinman



Answer the following questions. Record your answers in your Reading Journal.
  1. The textbook asserts that "a query can be answered using a Bayesian network by computing sums of products of conditional probabilities from the network" (p. 523). Select the sentence from the belief propagation reading that you feel best demonstrates this claim. Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your selection.
  2. How would you describe the computation of the summary message from parents, including the meaning of all the terms, to someone who has mathematical background in probability, but no computer science background?
  3. Identify (and briefly elaborate on) the sentence, section or concept from the current reading that remains the most confusing to you.