Re: Does a "symetric" bayes algoritm excist?

From: Ian Jermyn (Ian.Jermyn_at_sophia.inria.fr)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:39:32 +0200

It sounds to me like you are making an error in applying Bayes' theorem, but
it is hard to tell because your post is vague. Can you be more precise?

Ian. 

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"Rob J Meijer" <rmeijer@xs4all.nl> a écrit dans le message de
news:41592012$0$78753$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> 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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