
C
A Note about Bayesian Networks
The relationship between Bayesian networks and Bayesian statistics is often
unclear because of how similar their names are and the common qualifier of
Bayesian. Even though they are connected in many ways, it is important to
underline the differences between the two.
C.1 Bayesian Networks and Bayesian Statistics
The basic difference originates in the term statistics. A statistical procedure
consists in summarising the information comprised in a data set, or more gen-
erally in performing some inference within the framework of some probabilistic
model. A Bayesian network is just a complex, principled way of proposing a
probabilistic ...