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Which set of nodes shields a variable from all the rest?

  • A.Every node joined to it by an edge in either direction
  • B.The smallest subset that renders the network singly connected
  • C.Parents, children and children's other parents
  • D.The set of all ancestors of the node together with its descendants

Answer: C

Conditioned on its parents, its children and its children's other parents, a node is independent of everything else in the network. The co-parents belong because observing a child creates a dependence between its parents. Ancestors, neighbours and connectivity subsets are different sets. Gibbs sampling resamples a node from exactly this set, so the definition is a working tool and not a curiosity.

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