com.bayesserver.inference

Class SoftEvidence

java.lang.Object

com.bayesserver.inference.SoftEvidence

public final class SoftEvidence
extends Object

Helper methods for manipulating soft/virtual evidence. BayesServer.Inference.IEvidence.SetStates(Variable, double[])

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Table	divideByPrior(Table target, Table prior) Divides target soft evidence by an existing prior distribution or query.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

divideByPrior

public static Table divideByPrior(Table target,
                                  Table prior)

Divides target soft evidence by an existing prior distribution or query. This is often used so that when the soft evidence is applied during inference, it cancels out the prior or query.

Parameters:

target -

prior -

Returns:

The adjusted distribution.