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What determines the cost of variable elimination?

  • A.The number of values each variable may take
  • B.The number of evidence variables that have been observed
  • C.The size of the largest intermediate factor produced
  • D.The number of nodes in the network being queried

Answer: C

The elimination order determines how large the intermediate factors become, and the largest one dominates the cost, which is why finding a good order matters so much. That largest size is related to the network's treewidth. Node counts, domain sizes and evidence contribute but do not govern. A cost determined by a structural parameter rather than by size is what makes structured problems tractable and unstructured ones hopeless. Working one numerical case through both cases side by side fixes the distinction better than any rule of thumb.

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