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Line 11: is equal to the product of the [[conditional probability\|conditional probabilities]] :P(''X<sub>i</sub>'' \| parents of ''X<sub>i</sub>'') for ''i'' = 1,...,''n''. In other words, the [[probability distribution\|joint distribution]] factors into a product of conditional distributions. The graph structure indicates direct dependencies among random variables. Any two nodes that are not in a descendant/ancestor relationship are conditionally [[statistical independence\|independent]] given the values of their parents.

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