Our task this week is to diagnose patients who come in with

Our task this week is to diagnose patients who come in with various symptoms.

We\'ll use the following random variables:

F: The patient has the flu

S: The patient has strep

V: The patient has a fever

T: The patient has a sore throat

C: The patient has a cough

The flu may cause a fever and/or a cough.

Strep may cause a sore throat and/or a fever.

Question 1: Using the following Bayes network as our model, which of the following statements are true and explain why?

Solution

Since the statements

The following conditions are true.

T V | S

T C | S

S F | V