Does a "symetric" bayes algoritm excist?

From: Rob J Meijer (rmeijer_at_xs4all.nl)
Date: 09/28/04


Date: 28 Sep 2004 08:25:54 GMT

I have been trying to build a probablistic state machine for some time now,
and the problem I seem to keep running into is the fact that the bayes theorem
is not quite usable for symetric partial information problems, only for asymetric
correction of patrial knowledge.
                                                                                                                                              
The problem I have is that I have to equally valid sources of partial knowledge,
these sources are two probability vectors (one for state, an other for event),
I have two conditional probability matrices.
                                                                                                                                              
I could randomly pick one, bayes correct the other one, and than with that result
bayes correct the first one, However the result A,B ocasionaly differs greatly
from B,A.
What I realy need however is a symetric way to simultaniously bayes correct both
sources of partial knowledge. Does there exist a algoritm for symetric bayes
correction of two interdependent sources of partial knowledge?
                                                                                                                                              
T.I.A.
                                                                                                                                              
Rob J Meije



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