Dustin Stevens-Baier

Comp 569

Assignment #5

Create a computer simulation of either the Traveler's Restaurant Selection or of a domain of your own choosing.

arc.txt

node.txt

network.txt

test.txt

Demonstrate a few sample inputs and computer outputs.

For inputs I first used all the probabilities that were given in the text. This seemed like a reasonable place to start. I then made some adjustments to get a differetn look of the same system.

system1.txt

system2.txt

Explain why you believe the system is, or is not, producing plausible results.

I feel that the my system is producing very plausible results stepping through the debugger the data follows all of the function criteria. The final data matches up with the results on page 169 in the text.

Explain how you arrived at all prior probabilities.

I arrived at the prior probabilities by using the probabilities in the text and then variations of these probabilties based off of what seemed to make since. For instance I thought that nutrition had little to do with elegance so I removed this condition, I also have noticed worse service at a more elegant restaurant, but better clientele so I adjusted these values to .3 and .7 respectively. I also felt that service had very little to do with artistry so I removed this connection.

References:

The text.

Travelers Restaurant Selection Tanimoto

http://www.geocities.com/yoli_fernandez/Homework_3.html