Class Impact

Analyzes the impact of evidence.

Inheritance

System.Object

Impact

Inherited Members

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

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Namespace: BayesServer.Analysis

Assembly: BayesServer.Analysis.dll

Syntax

public static class Impact

Methods

Calculate(Network, IDistribution, IEvidence, IList<Variable>, ImpactOptions)

Analyzes the impact of sets of evidence on the resulting probability distribution of a hypothesis variable.

Declaration

public static ImpactOutput Calculate(Network network, IDistribution hypothesisQuery, IEvidence evidence, IList<Variable> evidenceToAnalyse, ImpactOptions options)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Network	network	The network
IDistribution	hypothesisQuery	The hypothesis query to be analyzed
IEvidence	evidence	The evidence, subsets of which will be analyzed.
System.Collections.Generic.IList<Variable>	evidenceToAnalyse	Which evidence variables to analyze.
ImpactOptions	options	Options affecting how the calculations are performed.

Returns

Type	Description
ImpactOutput

Calculate(Network, IDistribution, StateContext[], IEvidence, IList<Variable>, ImpactOptions)

Analyzes the impact of sets of evidence on a hypothesis query and discrete combination of that hypothesis query.

Declaration

public static ImpactOutput Calculate(Network network, IDistribution hypothesisQuery, StateContext[] hypothesisCombination, IEvidence evidence, IList<Variable> evidenceToAnalyse, ImpactOptions options)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Network	network	The network
IDistribution	hypothesisQuery	The hypothesis query to be analyzed
StateContext[]	hypothesisCombination	Optional hypothesis state of the hypothesis variable to be analyzed
IEvidence	evidence	The evidence, subsets of which will be analyzed.
System.Collections.Generic.IList<Variable>	evidenceToAnalyse	Which evidence variables to analyze.
ImpactOptions	options	Options affecting how the calculations are performed.

Returns

Type	Description
ImpactOutput

Calculate(Network, Variable, IEvidence, IList<Variable>, ImpactOptions)

Analyzes the impact of sets of evidence on a hypothesis state and its variable.

Declaration

public static ImpactOutput Calculate(Network network, Variable hypothesisVariable, IEvidence evidence, IList<Variable> evidenceToAnalyse, ImpactOptions options)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Network	network	The network
Variable	hypothesisVariable	The hypothesis variable to be analyzed
IEvidence	evidence	The evidence, subsets of which will be analyzed.
System.Collections.Generic.IList<Variable>	evidenceToAnalyse	Which evidence variables to analyze.
ImpactOptions	options	Options affecting how the calculations are performed.

Returns

Type	Description
ImpactOutput

Calculate(Network, Variable, State, IEvidence, IList<Variable>, ImpactOptions)

Analyzes the impact of sets of evidence on a hypothesis state and its variable.

Declaration

public static ImpactOutput Calculate(Network network, Variable hypothesisVariable, State hypothesisState, IEvidence evidence, IList<Variable> evidenceToAnalyse, ImpactOptions options)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Network	network	The network
Variable	hypothesisVariable	The hypothesis variable to be analyzed
State	hypothesisState	The state of the hypothesis variable to be analyzed
IEvidence	evidence	The evidence, subsets of which will be analyzed.
System.Collections.Generic.IList<Variable>	evidenceToAnalyse	Which evidence variables to analyze.
ImpactOptions	options	Options affecting how the calculations are performed.

Returns

Type	Description
ImpactOutput

CalculateStreamed(Network, IDistribution, IEvidence, IList<Variable>, Action<ImpactOutputItem>, ImpactOptions)

Analyzes the impact of sets of evidence on the resulting probability distribution of a hypothesis variable.

Declaration

public static ImpactHypothesisOutput CalculateStreamed(Network network, IDistribution hypothesisQuery, IEvidence evidence, IList<Variable> evidenceToAnalyse, Action<ImpactOutputItem> outputItem, ImpactOptions options)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Network	network	The network
IDistribution	hypothesisQuery	The hypothesis query to be analyzed
IEvidence	evidence	The evidence, subsets of which will be analyzed.
System.Collections.Generic.IList<Variable>	evidenceToAnalyse	Which evidence variables to analyze.
System.Action<ImpactOutputItem>	outputItem	A function which can accept the results of each evidence subset.
ImpactOptions	options	Options affecting how the calculations are performed.

Returns

Type	Description
ImpactHypothesisOutput

CalculateStreamed(Network, IDistribution, StateContext[], IEvidence, IList<Variable>, Action<ImpactOutputItem>, ImpactOptions)

Analyzes the impact of sets of evidence on a hypothesis query and discrete combination of that hypothesis query.

Declaration

public static ImpactHypothesisOutput CalculateStreamed(Network network, IDistribution hypothesisQuery, StateContext[] hypothesisState, IEvidence evidence, IList<Variable> evidenceToAnalyse, Action<ImpactOutputItem> outputItem, ImpactOptions options)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Network	network	The network
IDistribution	hypothesisQuery	The hypothesis query to be analyzed
StateContext[]	hypothesisState	Optional hypothesis state/cell of the hypothesis query to be analyzed
IEvidence	evidence	The evidence, subsets of which will be analyzed.
System.Collections.Generic.IList<Variable>	evidenceToAnalyse	Which evidence variables to analyze.
System.Action<ImpactOutputItem>	outputItem	A function which can accept the results of each evidence subset.
ImpactOptions	options	Options affecting how the calculations are performed.

Returns

Type	Description
ImpactHypothesisOutput