Bayesian Networks : now able to open files

As I was still sick this weekend I gave up my plans to go to Quebec City and stayed mostly in, which gave me the opportunity to work a little on my bayesian networks engine.

I added support for loading bayesian networks from files in the format XMLBIF (the Interchange Format for Bayesian Networks). This is the first file format my engine supports and it looks okay for most of my currently foreseeable needs. It looks like it is supported by JavaBayes, GeNIe and BNGenerator. BNGenerator is a wonderful bayesian networks generator which I started to use to benchmark (and debug) my engine.

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I also finished the implementation of the junction tree message passing exact inference algorithm, which I’m now just about to test / debug. In other words, the only thing that is soon gonna be missing will be a decent GUI. That might come once I define my goals for this project…