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In a bayes net context consider the following covariance matrix where G is the child node and D and E are continuous parents

           G         D         E
G 11.4038771 0.8944238 9.3671434
D  0.8944238 0.2937604 0.2322106
E  9.3671434 0.2322106 8.8262010

with

36.6174413683 #mean of G
[7.35806706, 15.06258672] #mean of D and E respectively

I know that the equation used is

μa|b = μa +Σab Σbb−1(xb −μb)

But I am just having some trouble to compute the conditional linear gaussian mean with more than one continuous parent, so please someone show how to compute it with some clear steps.

Notice: this is the clgaussian.test dataset from bnlearn R library.

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  • $\begingroup$ You can still use this equation μa|b = μa +Σaa Σab−1(xb −μb) even when you have more than one parent... $\endgroup$
    – user30490
    Sep 11, 2015 at 15:40
  • $\begingroup$ @ZERO clear steps please $\endgroup$
    – m.awad
    Sep 11, 2015 at 15:44
  • $\begingroup$ Actually, that formula is incorrect. The correct one should read: µa|b = µa + ∑ab ∑bb-1 (xb - µb). $\endgroup$
    – Vimal
    Sep 11, 2015 at 15:48
  • $\begingroup$ @Vimal I have edited my question with the correct formula..it was an honest typo I swear $\endgroup$
    – m.awad
    Sep 11, 2015 at 15:56

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Wiki has a clear description of how to compute the conditional mean and conditional variance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivariate_normal_distribution#Conditional_distributions

If your covariance matrix is:

$\Sigma = \begin{bmatrix} \sigma_{dd} & \sigma_{de} & \sigma_{dg} \\ \sigma_{ed} & \ldots & \\ \sigma_{gd} & \ldots \end{bmatrix}$

You can compute (there's a mistake in your conditional mean formula):

$\mu_{G|D,E=(d,e)} = \mu_G + \begin{bmatrix} \sigma_{gd} & \sigma_{ge}\end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} \sigma_{dd} & \sigma_{de} \\ \sigma_{ed} & \sigma_{ee}\end{bmatrix}^{-1} \begin{bmatrix} d - \mu_d \\ e - \mu_e\end{bmatrix} $

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