Multiply Sectioned Bayesian Networks (MSBNs)
Single-agent oriented MSBN [Xiang et al., CI93, AIM93]:
- A set of Bayesian subnets that collectively define a BN.
- Interface b/w subnets renders them conditionally independent.
- Top level structure is a hypertree.
- Compiled into a linked junction forest (LJF) for inference.
- Coherent inference operations are defined for a LJF.
A MSBN (left) and its LJF (right)