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Forming covariances from beliefs expressed as cross-products

 


tex2html_wrap_inline33790 tex2html_wrap_inline33790 Syntax

BD>centre : B tex2html_wrap_inline33712

where B is the name of a base or element.

tex2html_wrap_inline33806 tex2html_wrap_inline33806

The CENTRE:  command is used to transform cross product belief specifications into covariances. That is, for each pair of elements tex2html_wrap_inline34584 and tex2html_wrap_inline34590 in B, and for each of the unlocked belief stores, S, the current value stored for the specification over the pair tex2html_wrap_inline35606 is replaced by this value minus the product of the respective expectations for tex2html_wrap_inline34584 and tex2html_wrap_inline35608 . This command should be used when a set of belief specifications is given in the form tex2html_wrap_inline35610 rather than the form tex2html_wrap_inline35612 , where tex2html_wrap_inline35430 and tex2html_wrap_inline35616 are vectors of unknowns. See §6.2 for details of specifying collections for the definition part. 



David Wooff
Wed Oct 21 15:14:31 BST 1998