We represent knowledge by probability distributions of mixed continuousand discrete variables. From the joint distribution of all items,one can compute arbitrary conditional distributions, which may beused for prediction. However, in many cases only some marginaldistributions, inverse...

A structural equation model (SEM) with deterministic intercepts isintroduced. The gaussian likelihood function does not contain determinantsof sample moment matrices and is thus well dened for only onestatistical unit. The SEM is applied to the dynamic state space model andcompared with the...