Task 1. a. A = P(Battery age < 3 yrs | battery dead && no oil) B = P(Battery age < 3 yrs | battery dead && have oil) A == B. 'No oil' is outside the Markov Blanket of both 'battery dead' and 'battery age', thus changing the value on the node does not affect the probability of battery age < 3 yrs. b. A = P(Battery age < 3 yrs | battery dead && no oil) A = P(Battery age < 3 yrs | battery dead && starter broken) A == B. The difference between knowing starter broken or no oil cannot affect Battery Age, because both are outside the Markov Blanket for Battery Age. c. A = P(alternator broken | no charging) B = P(alternator broken | no charging && fanbelt broken) A > B would expectely be true because the parent of one child being true usually lowers the probability of the other parents. d. A = P("no gas"=true) B = P("no gas"=true | "car won't start"=true) Task 2. a. P(alternator broken)= 0.02 P(not charging | alternator broken) = 0.95 P(not charging | alternator working) = 0.01 P(charging) = -P(not charging) P(not charging) P(AB) = 0.02 P(NC|AB) = 0.95 P(NC|!AB) = 0.01 P(!NC) P(NC|AB) = P(AB|NC)P(NC) / P(AB) 0.95 = P(AB|NC)P(NC) / 0.02 P(AB|NC)P(NC) = 0.19 P(AB|NC) = P(NC|AB)P(AB) / P(NC|AB)P(AB) + P(NC|!AB)P(!AB) = 0.95*0.02 / (0.95*0.02 + 0.01*0.98) P(AB|NC)= 0.6597 P(NC) = 0.19/0.6597 = 0.288 P(!NC) = 1-0.288 = 0.712 b. P(battery age <= 3 yrs) = 0.7 P(battery dead | battery age <= 3 yrs) = 0.02 P(battery dead | battery age > 3 yrs) = 0.1 P(battery age <= 3 yrs | battery dead=true) P(B<3|BD) = P(BD|B<3)P(B<3) / P(BD|B<3)P(B<3) + P(BD|B>3)P(B>3) = 0.02*0.7 / (0.02*0.7 + 0.1*0.3) = 0.318318 Task 3. a. Markov Blanket of Node L: K, P, Q, M, G b. P(A,F) = P(A|F)*P(F) = c. P(F,K) d. P(M,!C | H) Task 4.