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Valid for year : 2006
 
TAMS22 Probability Theory and Bayesian Networks, 6 ECTS credits.
/Sannolikhetsteori och bayesianska nätverk/

For:   C   D   IT   Mat   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 56
Rec. self-study hours: 104

  Area of Education: Science

Subject area: Mathematics

  Advancement level (A-D): C

Aim:
Introduction to the techniques and algorithms of graphical modelling in engineering and to causal models in probability

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
A first course in probability theory, a first course in statistical inference

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
Lectures and computing laboratories

Course contents:
Uncertainty, causal networks and d-separation, rules of probability and conditional probability, Model building, learning, adaptation and tuning, belief updating, junction trees.

Course literature:
Finn V. Jensen, Bayesian Networks and Decision Graphs, Springer 2001. Timo Koski & John Noble: Twelve lectures on Bayesian Networks 2005, published of the institution.

Examination:
One written examination
Homework assignments
3,5 p
0,5 p
 



Course language is Swedish/under certain circumstances the course might be offered in English.
Department offering the course: MAI.
Director of Studies: Eva Enqvist
Examiner: John Noble

Course Syllabus in Swedish

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