ClusterTree-class {BayesNetBP}

An S4 class of the cluster tree.

Description

The ClusterTree object is the computational object for belief propagation.

Slots

cluster

A vector storing the name of clusters in the cluster tree.

node

A vector storing the name of nodes in the Bayesian network.

graph

A list of two graphNEL objects: $dag stores the graph of Bayesian network, $tree stores the graph of the cluster tree.

member

A named list of the node cluster membership.

parent

A named vector indicating the parent node of a given cluster in the cluster tree.

cluster.class

A named vector of logical values indicating whether a cluster is continuous or discrete.

node.class

A named vector of logical values indicating whether a node is continuous or discrete.

assignment

A named list indicating the assignment of discrete nodes discrete clusters.

propagated

A logical value indicating whether the discrete compartment has been propagated.

cpt

A named list of the conditional probability tables.

jpt

A named list of the joint distribution tables.

lppotential

A named list of the linear predictor potentials assigned to each cluster in the lppotential slots.

postbag

A named list of the linear predictor potentials assigned to each cluster in the postbag slots.

activeflag

A named vector of logical values indicating whether a continuous cluster is active.

absorbed.variables

A vector of characters indicating variables observed with hard evidence.

absorbed.values

A list indicating the values of the variables observed with hard evidence.

absorbed.soft.variables

A vector of characters indicating variables observed with soft or likelihood evidence.

absorbed.soft.values

A list of the likelihoods of the soft or likelihood evidence.