This is a list of corrections to "Bayesian
Networks and Decisions Graphs", 2001
If you have further
corrections, please mail fvj@cs.auc.dk
Semantic corrections
P 103: “To stress
the difference” rather than “To stress this”
p 183. "...A and C..."
rather than "...A and B..."
p 2115:
reference to 1.3.6 rather than 1.3.7
p 24, Table 1.12.the number
for yes and empty shall be 9.4.10-5
p 33, Figure 1.20. This
Figure should be identical to Figure 1.3
p 459:
"two-day" rather than "one-day"
p 552: add
"(the order of the states are taken from Section
2.1.2)"
p 616-5: "Section
2.2.1" rather than "Section 2.2.2"
p 64, caption for Figure
2.30: "two-day" rather than "one-day"
p 721
: “Exercise 2.7” rather than “Exercise 2.3.1”
p 7213: "s
= P(See Spots? = y| Angina?=
mild)" rather than "s = P(See Spots| Angina?= mild)"
p 75, Exercise 2.6 (ii):
Reformulate to: "Construct a simple Bayes model.
Determine the conditional probabilities for model by using the model above.
What is P(Pr| BT=n, UT=n) in this model? "
p 75, Exercise 2.8 (ii):
"P(Inf2| Inf1)"
rather than "P(Inf2| Inf)"
p 76,
Exercise 2.10 (iii). The reference to (i) shall be to (ii)
p 76, Exercise 2.13: The
text should rather be: ... $10,000. When you have pointed at a door, an
official will open another door with nothing behind it. After he has done so,
you are allowed to alter your choice. ..."
p 78, Exercise 2.22 (i): "Exercise 2.5" rather than "Exercise
2.4"
p 814: "distQ(x, y) =
0.04" rather than "distQ(x,
y) = 0.01"
p. 85: To be on the safe
side, the numbers should be 1015 and 109 rather than 4*1018
and 2*1012
p 95: “P(c|
B)” in the product rather than “P(B| c)”
p 107. Add: "Exercise 3.11. Consult
the web site www.cs.auc.dk/~fvj/Learning.html for
exercises in structural learning"
p 14219: “D1”
rather than “D2”
p 153, Table 4.5: The
number in the entry (o, so) is 0.4 rather than 0.3
p 153, caption of Table
4.5: Add "n, o, and c are the outcomes of the test"
p 154, Exercise 4.10:
"Example 4.4.1" rather than "Example 4.1"
p 155: Add "Exercise
4.20 Unfold the influence diagrams in Figure 4.34 (with n=3)"
p 1645: “A5
= a5” in the first potential rather than :
“A6 = a6”
p 16410:
reference to Figure 5.3 rather than Figure 5.4
p 16916,
Definition: "perfect" rather than "complete"
p 172, Construction. Add: “If later a node X from Ci is eliminated in a
situation, where X has only
neighbours in Ci,
then X is removed from Si
p. 2113, a log2
is missing in the equation: “… = log2 …”
P 2436: Shall be
"and P(Di*| Rpa(Di))
is 1 for the chosen decision and 0 for the rest"
Typos, misspellings etc.
p 2115: "{ ...}" rather than "(...)"
p 2212: the
expression "U\({A}...pa(A)"
needs an extra ")" at the end
p 317." I-submap of..." rather than ." I-submapof..."
p 379: "Infi+1"
rather than "Infi+1"
p 3711:
"will be" rather than "willbe"
p. 46, Tbale
2.3: “pos” and “neg” rather than “yes” and “no”
p 544: a
"." is missing at the end
p. 72: “Exercise 2.7”
rather than “Exercise 2.1.3”
p 7312 the righthand side of the equation: a "," after
"Ai+1" rather than a "."
p 6810:
"must also" rather then "also
must"
p 8117, "Kullback" rather than "Kulbach"
p 10319: "P(t1, ..., tm)"
rather than "P(t1, ...tn)"
p 11010:
“Exercise 2.12” rather than “Exercise 2.11”
p 115, caption for Table
4.1: a latex error. Read "keep pace (kp), slow down (sd)
and follow superficially (fs)."
p 11815: "value"
rather than "valueg3"
p1203: Add space
after this line
p 1224: remove
"(Section 4.3.4)"
pp 131-133: “Fu” and “Fl”
are used interchangeably
p 1753: The
double print "Now V" should be ignored
p 18514: "and"
not italics, "and"
p 1903:
"preceding" rather than "precedomg"
p 2054: space
missing between after “tree”.
p 208, Axiom (vii):
"Ø" for empty set rather than encircled /
p 2112: swap “.”
and “””.
p 232: "policy"
should be added to the index
p 236: Line 7 of section
7.3. “In-1” rather than “Ii-1”
p 2371: the Psi
should be bold faced
p 2412 First
line of 7.3.2: "Di" rather than "D1"
p 242, Figure 7.10: The
upper diamond shall have name V1 rather than V2
p 253: Add "size(G) The size of a triangulated graph"
p 267 first column: Add
"policy, 232"
p 265, second column:
"Kullback" rather than "Kulbach"