Package com.bayesserver.causal

Class Abduction

java.lang.Object

com.bayesserver.causal.Abduction

public final class Abduction
extends Object

Performs abduction which is one of the steps in 'counterfactual analysis'.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	update(Evidence evidence, List<Variable> abductionEvidenceVariables, List<Variable> characteristicVariables, AbductionOptions options)	Performs abduction which is one of the steps in 'counterfactual analysis'.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

update

public static void update(Evidence evidence,
                          List<Variable> abductionEvidenceVariables,
                          List<Variable> characteristicVariables,
                          AbductionOptions options)
                   throws InconsistentEvidenceException

Performs abduction which is one of the steps in 'counterfactual analysis'.

Parameters:

evidence - Current evidence.

abductionEvidenceVariables - The abduction variables with evidence set.

characteristicVariables - The characteristic variables which will have evidence set based on their current query values given the abduction evidence.

options - Further options for the abduction process.

Throws:

InconsistentEvidenceException