Thisbookpresentsthefundamentalconceptsofprobabilisticgraphicalmodels,orprobabilisticnetworksastheyarecalledinthisbook.Probabilisticnetworkshavebecomeanincreasinglypopularparadigmforreasoningunderuncertainty,addressingsuchtasksasdiagnosis,prediction,decisionmaking,classification,anddataminin