iwang haiqin feeudokijoboeingcom may also find helpful visualizing probability distributions eg bar chart probabilty wheel navigating conditional probability tables eg shrinkable tables supporting diagnosis specifically studied graphical user interface tools years ago implemented useful tools genie based human compuer interaction principles genie free software graphical environment model development reasoning learning bayesian networks influence diagrams useful links uai paper describing graphical tools probability elicitation cpt navigation httpwwwpittedudruzdzelpsfilesuai00cpdf genie home httpwwwsispittedugenie haiqin wang advanced computing technologist boeing phantom works po box 3707 mc 7l44 seattle wa 98124 tel 4258655643 email feeudokijoboeingcom original message francisco javier diez mailtobgvpkidiaunedes sent monday april 18 2005 338 imme ebertuphoff cc faqeecsoregonstateedu subject uai visualization bayesian networks imme ebertuphoff wrote several questions related visualization bayesian networks seems visualizing information beyond structure could helpful bn interpretation zapatarivera et al example visualize strength connection edge well information zapatarivera jd neufeld e greer j 1999 visualization bayesian belief networks ieee visualization 1999 late breaking hot topics proceedings 8588 available httpwwwcsusaskcagradsrjz896paperszapatapdf carmen lacave doctoral thesis proposed visual explanation methods implemented elvira free software tool see httpwwwiaunedeselvira httpwwwiaunedeselviraelvirausermanualpdf wrote paper describing work submitted journal year ago still waiting reviews httpwwwiaunedesfjdieztempguielvirapdf paper accepted final version certainly cite work zapatarivera et al questions 1 visualization bns barely discussed recent literature done deal little interest visualizing anything structure find references paper review explanation methods bayesian networks available httpwwwinfcruclmeswwwclacavepublicpublicacioneshtm hope helps best regards javier díez francisco javier diez phone 34 913987161 dpto inteligencia artificial fax 34 913988895 uned cjuan del rosal 16 email bgvpkidiaunedes 28040 madrid spain httpwwwiaunedesfjdiez wed 06 aug 2008 020715 0700 uai visualization bayesian networks