function y = sample_node(CPD, pvals) % SAMPLE_NODE Draw a random sample from P(Xi | x(pi_i), theta_i) (discrete) % y = sample_node(CPD, parent_evidence) % % parent_evidence{i} is the value of the i'th parent if 0 n = length(pvals)+1; dom = 1:n; evidence = cell(1,n); evidence(1:n-1) = pvals; T = convert_to_table(CPD, dom, evidence); y = sample_discrete(T); end CPT = CPD_to_CPT(CPD); sz = mysize(CPT); nparents = length(sz)-1; switch nparents case 0, T = CPT; case 1, T = CPT(pvals{1}, :); case 2, T = CPT(pvals{1}, pvals{2}, :); case 3, T = CPT(pvals{1}, pvals{2}, pvals{3}, :); case 4, T = CPT(pvals{1}, pvals{2}, pvals{3}, pvals{4}, :); otherwise, pvals = cat(1, pvals{:}); psz = sz(1:end-1); ssz = sz(end); i = subv2ind(psz, pvals(:)'); T = reshape(CPT, [prod(psz) ssz]); T = T(i,:); end y = sample_discrete(T);