PinnedPascal BerckerProbability Of Having The Same Blood Type?Here is a straightforward probability question from Ruma Falk’s book of probability problems.Jun 15Jun 15
Pascal BerckerWho Wins First? A Very Simple — Yet Tricky — Dice Question — with a Bayesian NetworkHere’s a not very fair dice game. You each roll a die and whoever first rolls a 6 wins. Obviously, you want to go first and not second…1d ago1d ago
Pascal BerckerHOW NOT TO BE WRONG — CHAPTER 10 — THE ROULETTE EXAMPLE — WITH A BAYESIAN NETWORKI saw this on Mike’s Math Page — and his explanation to his boys on the roulette example discussed in Ellenberg’s book How Not To Be Wrong3d ago3d ago
Pascal BerckerThe Four Liars puzzle — With a Bayesian NetworkThis is the conclusion of the puzzle that began with 2 liars, then 3 liars, and now 4 liars (see sources below). Let’s first review and…4d ago4d ago
Pascal BerckerGiven 10000 coins — 9999 coins are fair — but 1 is double-headed.A brief note:4d ago4d ago
Pascal BerckerThe M&M PUZZLE — D’ONT JUST THINKBAYES — THINK BAYESIAN NETWORKS!This is a seemingly odd but illuminating puzzle from ThinkBayes but itself from older sources (which I still can’t track down). Here’s the…5d ago5d ago
Pascal BerckerSPIN OR SHOOT? Russian RouletteOn Brilliant.org I encountered a series of puzzles involving variations on Russian Roulette. The challenge is not only to find a solution…6d ago6d ago
Pascal BerckerSearching For a Letter and The Hope Function — A Ruma Falk Puzzle — with a Bayesian NetworkHere’s another Ruma Falk probability puzzle from her bookAug 23Aug 23
Pascal BerckerTHE ISLE OF DREAMS — More Logic Puzzles from Raymond SmullyanThis is from Chapter 6 of Raymond Smullyan’s lovely logic puzzle book The Lady Or the Tiger?Aug 23Aug 23
Pascal BerckerCRYSTAL MAZE — A Constraint Satisfaction puzzle — with NETICAI saw this puzzle in a video about constraint programming. It’s the kind of thing that A Bayesian network like Netica can do fairly easily…Aug 21Aug 21