GClasses::GBNNormal Class Reference

Detailed Description

A node in a belief network that represents a Gaussian, or normal, distribution.

#include <GBayesianNetwork.h>

Inheritance diagram for GClasses::GBNNormal:

Public Member Functions
	GBNNormal (GBNNode *pDefaultVal)
	General-purpose constructor. The prior mean and deviation parameters are for the Metropolis algorithm. pDefaultVal specifies a bogus value to be used for the parameters of this distribution. Typically, you will change these values (by calling setMeanAndDev) after constructing this node. More...
virtual	~GBNNormal ()
virtual void	addCatParent (GBNCategorical *pNode, GBNNode *pDefaultVal)
	Adds a categorical node as a parent of this node. Calling this method will cause This node to resize its table of distribution parameters, so a default value is required to fill in new elements. Typically, you will set these new elements to something more meaningful (by calling setMeanAndDev) after you call this method. More...
virtual double	initMean ()
	See the comment for GBNMetropolisNode::initMean() More...
virtual bool	isDiscrete ()
	Returns false. More...
virtual double	likelihood (double x)
	Returns the likelihood that the value x would be drawn from this distribution given the current values of all the parent nodes. More...
void	setMeanAndDev (size_t cat, GBNNode *pMean, GBNNode *pDeviation)
	Set the mean and deviation for one of the distributions of this node. "cat" specifies the index of the combination of values (in little-endian order) in the categorical parent distributions for which this distribution is being specified. More...
void	setMeanAndVariance (size_t cat, GBNNode *pMean, GBNNode *pVariance)
	Set the mean and variance for one of the distributions of this node. "cat" specifies the index of the combination of values (in little-endian order) in the categorical parent distributions for which this distribution is being specified. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from GClasses::GBNMetropolisNode
	GBNMetropolisNode ()
	General-purpose constructor. More...
virtual	~GBNMetropolisNode ()
virtual double	currentValue ()
	Returns the most recent value sampled from this node. More...
void	sample (GRand *pRand)
	Draws a new Gibbs sample for this node given the current values of all other nodes it its Markov blanket. Uses the Metropolis algorithm to do so. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from GClasses::GBNVariable
	GBNVariable ()
virtual	~GBNVariable ()
size_t	catCount ()
	Returns the total number of combinations of categorical values supported by the categorical parents of this node. This node is expected to specify a distribution for each of these categorical combinations. More...
const std::vector< GBNVariable * > &	children ()
	Returns all nodes that are known to depend on this one. More...
size_t	currentCatIndex ()
	Queries the categorical parent nodes to determine their current values, and combines them to produce a single index value that is unique for this combination of categorical values. The value this returns will be from 0 to catCount()-1. The values are organized in little-endian manner. That is, it cycles through all values supported by the first categorical parent before moving on to the next value of the next parent. More...
virtual void	onNewChild (GBNVariable *pChild)
	This method links back to the child node that just added this node as a parent. More...
void	setObserved (double value)
	Set this node to an observed value. After calling this, subsequent calls to sample will not change its value. More...
void	setUnobserved ()
	Set this node to an unobserved value. After calling this, subsequent calls to sample will draw new values for this node. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from GClasses::GBNNode
	GBNNode ()
virtual	~GBNNode ()

Protected Attributes
bool	m_devIsVariance
std::vector< GBNNode * >	m_meanAndDev
Protected Attributes inherited from GClasses::GBNMetropolisNode
double	m_currentMean
double	m_sumOfSquaredValues
double	m_sumOfValues
Protected Attributes inherited from GClasses::GBNVariable
std::vector< GBNCategorical * >	m_catParents
std::vector< GBNVariable * >	m_children
Protected Attributes inherited from GClasses::GBNNode
bool	m_observed
double	m_observedValue

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from GClasses::GBNMetropolisNode
double	markovBlanket (double x)
	Computes the log-probability of x (as a value for this node) given the current values for the entire rest of the network (aka the complete conditional), which is equal to the log-probability of x given the Markov-Blanket of this node, which we can compute efficiently. More...
void	metropolis (GRand *pRand)
	Sample the network in a manner that can be proven to converge to a true joint distribution for the network. More...

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

GClasses::GBNNormal::GBNNormal

(

GBNNode *

pDefaultVal

)

General-purpose constructor. The prior mean and deviation parameters are for the Metropolis algorithm. pDefaultVal specifies a bogus value to be used for the parameters of this distribution. Typically, you will change these values (by calling setMeanAndDev) after constructing this node.

virtual GClasses::GBNNormal::~GBNNormal ( )

inlinevirtual

Member Function Documentation

virtual void GClasses::GBNNormal::addCatParent ( GBNCategorical *  pNode, GBNNode *  pDefaultVal  )

virtual

Adds a categorical node as a parent of this node. Calling this method will cause This node to resize its table of distribution parameters, so a default value is required to fill in new elements. Typically, you will set these new elements to something more meaningful (by calling setMeanAndDev) after you call this method.

Implements GClasses::GBNVariable.

virtual double GClasses::GBNNormal::initMean ( )

virtual

See the comment for GBNMetropolisNode::initMean()

Implements GClasses::GBNMetropolisNode.

virtual bool GClasses::GBNNormal::isDiscrete ( )

inlinevirtual

Returns false.

Implements GClasses::GBNMetropolisNode.

virtual double GClasses::GBNNormal::likelihood ( double  x )

virtual

Returns the likelihood that the value x would be drawn from this distribution given the current values of all the parent nodes.

Implements GClasses::GBNVariable.

void GClasses::GBNNormal::setMeanAndDev	(	size_t	cat,
		GBNNode *	pMean,
		GBNNode *	pDeviation
	)

Set the mean and deviation for one of the distributions of this node. "cat" specifies the index of the combination of values (in little-endian order) in the categorical parent distributions for which this distribution is being specified.

void GClasses::GBNNormal::setMeanAndVariance	(	size_t	cat,
		GBNNode *	pMean,
		GBNNode *	pVariance
	)

Set the mean and variance for one of the distributions of this node. "cat" specifies the index of the combination of values (in little-endian order) in the categorical parent distributions for which this distribution is being specified.

Member Data Documentation

bool GClasses::GBNNormal::m_devIsVariance

protected

std::vector<GBNNode*> GClasses::GBNNormal::m_meanAndDev

protected