We consider multiple agents who s task is to determine the true state of a uncertain domain so they can act properly If each agent only has partial knowledge about the domain and local observation how can agents accomplish the task with the least amount of commu nication Multiply sectioned Bayesian networks MSBNs provide an e ective and exact framework for such a task but also impose a set of c...

As Bayesian networks are applied to larger and more complex problem domains, search for exible modeling and more eecient inference methods is an ongoing eeort. Multiply sectioned Bayesian networks (MSBNs) extend the HUGIN inference for Bayesian networks into a coherent framework for exible modeling and distributed inference. Lazy propagation extends the Shafer-Shenoy and HUGIN inference methods...