Abstract:
Method for computing at least one marginal probability for an observed phenomenon in a probability model which describes probabilities for relationships between said phenomenon and physical parameters by using a Cluster Variation Method (CVM), said model comprising a set of variables xi said variables xi representing observations of said physical parameters, the set of variables including a plurality of subsets; the marginal probability including a subset of the set of variables, the probability model being defined by a probability distribution ppsi(x), the probability distribution ppsi(x) having a potential psi(xi) for each of the subsets.