September 17, 2025
Wednesday of Week 4
Topic of the day
- Bayesian inference
Suggested readings
- Section 9.3 from George Luger, Artificial Intelligence, 5e
- Section 9.3 from George Luger, Artificial Intelligence, 6e
Online reference
- Bayesian inference (en.wikipedia.org)
Questions and exercises
- When using Bayes' Law to perform inference, instead of A and B or X and Y, the equations often use E and H as their variables. What do E and H stand for? How does that fit in with the idea of Bayesian reasoning?
- Define "prior" and "posterior" probabilities (also known as "a priori" and "a posteriori").
Assignments
Today
- Project 2: Markov babbler prep due
- Project 1: Balanced binary followup
Upcoming
- Project 2: Markov babbler design due (22 Sep)
- Homework 2 due (22 Sep)
- Homework 1 revision (22 Sep)