Chapter 7

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 Smart Notes
Probability and Random Variables

•Random variables represent events with unknown outcomes and are denoted with capital

letters

•The range of a random variable is the set of possible values it can take, denoted with

lowercase letters

•Probability distributions give the probability for each value in a random variable's range

•A distribution is a table of probabilities of values, with each probability being a single

number

•Probabilistic inference involves computing desired probabilities from known probabilities,

often in a conditional context

•Beliefs represented by probabilities change with new evidence, updating the agent's beliefs

•In the context of Ghostbusters, sensor readings provide information on the proximity of a

ghost, with different colors indicating different distances

 Summary
"Inference and Probabilistic Models in Artificial Intelligence"

This summary covers Lecture 7 of CPCS-335 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. It

introduces random variables, probability distributions, joint and marginal distributions,

conditional distributions, probabilistic inference, and the product rule. It also explains how
probabilities change with new evidence and demonstrates inference with an example from

the Ghostbusters game.

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