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I am studying Bayesian Networks. Given that variables:
$W$: Wet grass
$R$: Rain
$S$: Sprinkler

I know the probabilities of:

$P(C)$
$P(S | C)$
$P(S | !C)$
$P(R | C)$
$P(R | !C)$
$P(W | R,S)$
$P(W | R,!S)$
$P(W | !R,S)$
$P(W | !R,!S)$

with them how can I calculate:

$P(R|W) = ?$

and

$P(R|S, W) = ?$

Here is my Bayesian Network:

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PS: I could calculate P(S) and P(R). If anybody can just show me how to find P(R|S) I may solve this question.

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    This is worked out in the WEKA book, isn't it?2012-11-17

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The key thing to remember here is the defining characteristic of a Bayesian network, which is that each node only depends on its predecessors and only affects its successors. This can be expressed through the local Markov property: each variable is conditionally independent of its non-descendants given the values of its parent variables. In this case, that means that $S$ and $R$ are conditionally independent given $C$: $P(R=r\wedge S=s \;\vert\; C=c)=P(R=r \;\vert\; C=c)\cdot P(S=s \;\vert\; C=c),$ for any truth values $r,s,c$. With this in hand, you can calculate any conditional probability you want. For example, $ P(R|S)=\frac{P(RS)}{P(S)}=\frac{P(RS | C)P(C) + P(RS| !C)P(!C)}{P(S|C)P(C)+P(S|!C)P(!C)}=\frac{P(R|C)P(S|C)P(C)+P(R|!C)P(S|!C)P(!C)}{P(S|C)P(C)+P(S|!C)P(!C)}.$

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    @mjqxxxx So does P(R|W)=(P(R,S,W)+P(R,!S,W))/P(W). And P(R,S,W)=P(W|S,R)P(S,R). And P(S,R) is calculated as above.So does P(!S,R)=P(R|C) P(!S|C)P(C)+P(R|!C)P(!S|!C)P)P(!C)2015-12-05
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$P(S|W)$ isn't determined by that information. Consider the following probabilities:

$ \begin{array}{r|cccc} &RS&!RS&R!S&!R!S\\\hline W&a&b&c&d\\ !W&e&f&g&h \end{array} $

You know $a/(a+e)$, $b/(b+f)$, $c/(c+g)$, $d/(d+h)$ and $a+b+e+f$, and you want to know $(a+b)/(a+b+c+d)$. But we can change $c+d$ while keeping $a+b$ and everything you know fixed, and thus we can change $(a+b)/(a+b+c+d)$ while keeping everything you know fixed.

For instance, the probabilities

$ \begin{array}{r|cccc} &RS&!RS&R!S&!R!S\\\hline W&0.1&0.1&0.1&0.2\\ !W&0.1&0.1&0.2&0.1 \end{array} $

lead to the same given values as

$ \begin{array}{r|cccc} &RS&!RS&R!S&!R!S\\\hline W&0.1&0.1&0.15&0.1\\ !W&0.1&0.1&0.3&0.05 \end{array} $

but to different values of $P(S|W)$.

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    @JonathanChristensen I have updated my question. Can you check it again?2012-11-16