[R] how to solve a simple discrete Bayesian Belief Network?

Marcio Pupin Mello mello at ieee.org
Wed Sep 28 20:42:49 CEST 2011


I found a solution using the gRain package... see (but using another 
example)..

I studied a little (I mean "a lot") and found out a solution. Then I 
decided to post here aiming to help people who are interested...
The solution uses the "gRain" package... but because one dependence (the 
"graph" package) has been removed from the CRAN repository you have to 
use the follow script to install "gRain" package (I tested it on Windows 7):

#run to install "gRain" and "graph" packages
chooseBioCmirror() #then choose the nearest one
setRepositories() #then use "Ctrl" key to select all
install.packages(c("graph","gRain"),dependencies=TRUE))

Then you can run the code to build the Bayesian Network structure of the 
figure in http://www.dsr.inpe.br/~mello/1727/BNgrapmodel.png

#run to build the Bayesian Network shown in Figure
library(gRain)
v.L<-cptable(~L,values=c(0.35,(1-0.35)),levels=c("T","F"),normalize=T,smooth=0)
v.R<-cptable(~R,values=c(0.3,(1-0.3)),levels=c("T","F"),normalize=T,smooth=0)
v.H<-cptable(~H|D,values=c(0.75,(1-0.75),0.2,(1-0.2)),levels=c("T","F"),normalize=T,smooth=0)
v.D<-cptable(~D,values=c(0.05,(1-0.05)),levels=c("T","F"),normalize=T,smooth=0)
v.C<-cptable(~C|S,values=c(0.9,(1-0.9),0.12,(1-0.12)),levels=c("T","F"),normalize=T,smooth=0)
v.S<-cptable(~S|D:H:R:L,values=c(0.60,(1-0.60),0.65,(1-0.65),0.62,(1-0.62),0.67,(1-0.67),0.61,(1-0.61),0.64,(1-0.64),0.61,(1-0.61),0.70,(1-0.70),0.05,(1-0.05),0.09,(1-0.09),0.07,(1-0.07),0.10,(1-0.10),0.06,(1-0.06),0.08,(1-0.08),0.07,(1-0.07),0.12,(1-0.12)),levels=c("T","F"),normalize=T,smooth=0)
CPT<-compileCPT(list(v.L,v.R,v.H,v.D,v.C,v.S))
BN<-grain(CPT,smooth=0)

#answering the 1st question:
# what is the probability of S=T given C=T, L=T, R=F, H=F and D=F?
scenaria.q1<-list(nodes=c("C","L","R","H","D"),states=c("T","T","F","F","F"))
querygrain(setFinding(BN,nodes=scenaria.q1$nodes,states=scenaria.q1$states),nodes="S")

#answering the 2nd question:
# what is the probability of S=T given C=F, L=F, R=T, H=T, and D=T?
scenaria.q2<-list(nodes=c("C","L","R","H","D"),states=c("F","F","T","T","T"))
querygrain(setFinding(BN,nodes=scenaria.q2$nodes,states=scenaria.q2$states),nodes="S")

#answering the 3rd question:
# what is the probability of what is the probability of S=T when my only 
one evidence is that C=T?
scenaria.q3<-list(nodes=c("C"),states=c("T"))
querygrain(setFinding(BN,nodes=scenaria.q3$nodes,states=scenaria.q3$states),nodes="S")



On 28/09/2011 09:03, Marcio Pupin Mello wrote:
> Can somebody save-me? Thanks in advance!
>
>
> #R script:
> #trying to find out how solve a discrete Bayesian Belief Network.
> #option: using 'catnet' package
>
> #BEGIN
> library(catnet)
> cnet <- cnNew(nodes = c("a", "b", "c"), cats = list(c("1", "2"),
> c("1", "2"), c("1", "2")), parents = list(NULL, c(1), c(1,
> 2)), probs = list(c(0.2, 0.8), list(c(0.6, 0.4), c(0.4, 0.6)),
> list(list(c(0.3, 0.7), c(0.7, 0.3)), list(c(0.9, 0.1), c(0.1,
> 0.9)))))
>
> #what is the probability of a="1"?
> cnNodeMarginalProb(cnet,node=1)[1]
> #0.2
>
> #what is the probability of b="2"?
> cnNodeMarginalProb(cnet,node=2)[2]
> #0.56
>
> #what is the probability of c="1"?
> cnNodeMarginalProb(cnet,node=3)[1]
> #0.428
>
>
> #but how can I answer questions like:
>
> #what is the probability of a="1" given that c="1"? i.e. P(a="1"|c="1")?
>
> #or what is the probability of a="1" given that b="2" and c="1"? i.e.
> P(a="1"|b="2",c="1")?
> #END
>

-- 
Marcio Pupin Mello

Survey Engineer
Ph.D candidate in Remote Sensing
National Institute for Space Research (INPE) - Brazil
Laboratory of Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Forestry (LAF)
www.dsr.inpe.br/~mello



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