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41 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 August 2007 06:12PM

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Comment author: Robin_Hanson2 24 August 2007 01:32:11AM 3 points [-]

An analogous principle operates in rigorous probabilistic reasoning about causality. ... We count each piece of evidence exactly once; no update message ever "bounces" back and forth. The exact algorithm may be found in Judea Pearl's classic "Probabilistic Reasoning ...

Actually, Pearl's algorithm only works for a tree of cause/effects. For non-trees it is provably hard, and it remains an open question how best to update. I actually need a good non-tree method without predictable errors for combinatorial market scoring rules.