https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/HP-Bayesian-node-classifier/m-p/465177#M7071 <P>You can find the formula for the BIC on page 4 of this paper:&nbsp;<A href="https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings17/SAS0474-2017.pdf" target="_self">Building Bayesian Network Classifiers Using the HPBNET Procedure</A></P> <P>Note that it will always be negative for a discrete probability distribution, and the higher the BIC, the better the model.</P> <P>Hope that helps.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 25 May 2018 17:54:25 GMT WendyCzika 2018-05-25T17:54:25Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/HP-Bayesian-node-classifier/m-p/463954#M7052 <P>Hi Team,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'm working with HP BN classifier node and having a little difficulty in interpreting the plots. I am using Naive Bayes as my network model and there is a variable ranking table that shows the score of different variables, I wanted to ask you that if my score is coming negative than what does it mean ??</P><P>.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Best Regards,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Bharat</P> Tue, 22 May 2018 04:35:35 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/HP-Bayesian-node-classifier/m-p/463954#M7052 Bharat27 2018-05-22T04:35:35Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/HP-Bayesian-node-classifier/m-p/465177#M7071 <P>You can find the formula for the BIC on page 4 of this paper:&nbsp;<A href="https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings17/SAS0474-2017.pdf" target="_self">Building Bayesian Network Classifiers Using the HPBNET Procedure</A></P> <P>Note that it will always be negative for a discrete probability distribution, and the higher the BIC, the better the model.</P> <P>Hope that helps.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 25 May 2018 17:54:25 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/HP-Bayesian-node-classifier/m-p/465177#M7071 WendyCzika 2018-05-25T17:54:25Z