1. Introduction

Date:September 2013 Authors:Jürgen Hackl Contact:hackl.j@gmx.at Web site:http://github.com/hackl/pybn Copyright:This document has been placed in the public domain. License:PyBN is released under the GNU General Public Licence. Version:1.0.1

Note

If you have any problems, found bugs in the code or have feature request comments or questions, please feel free to send a mail to Jürgen Hackl.

1.1. Purpose

PyBN (Python Bayesian Networks) is a python module for creating simple Bayesian networks. Its flexibility and extensibility make it applicable to a large suite of problems. Along with the core functionality, PyBN includes an export to GeNIe.

1.2. Getting started

This guide provides all the information needed to install PyBN, code a Bayesian network, run the sampler, save and visualize the results. In addition, it contains an export to GeNIe.