Software Packages for Graphical Models / Bayesian Networks

Written by Kevin Murphy. 
Last updated 31 October 2005.

Remarks

• A much more detailed comparison of some of these software packages is available from Appendix B of Bayesian AI, by Ann Nicholson and Kevin Korb. This appendix is available here, and is based on the online comparison below.
• An online French version of this page is also available (not necessarily up-to-date).

What do the headers in the table mean?

• Src = source code included? (N=no) If so, what language?
• API = application program interface included? (N means the program cannot be integrated into your code, i.e., it must be run as a standalone executable.)
• Exec = Executable runs on W = Windows (95/98/NT), U = Unix, M = Mac, or - = any machine with a compiler.
• Cts = are continuous (latent) nodes supported? G = (conditionally) Gaussians nodes supported analytically, Cs = continuous nodes supported by sampling, Cd = co ... Read more »