> I am looking for a free package (for student use) for developing and
> solving influence diagrams.
> Thanks,
> Rich
>
Netica is one of the easiest to use and most powerful of the
Bayesian net / influence diagram software packages.
It has a very smooth graphical editor, and can do many of the
operations suitable for teaching, such as showing what
happens when links are reversed, showing the markov net,
triangulated net, and junction tree, a multi-level undo
operation for fast what-if experiments, simple examples
provided, etc.
A free version is available from: www.norsys.com
An extensive and tutorial online help system is included,
and of course we are here to answer questions and provide
help as well.
A software library with much of the same functionality is
also available to integrate with your own programs.
Hope this helps, Brent
Brent Boerlage boerlage@norsys.com
Norsys Software Corp. www.norsys.com
604-734-1947