## Decision Node

A decision node represents a decision to be made by the user. A decision node can be added to the current network by activating the decision tool and clicking somewhere in the network pane.

A Bbn extended with decision nodes and utility nodes are called href="descr_influence_diagram_pane.html">influence diagrams. The decision nodes represent decisions controlled by an external user. This means that compared to discrete chance nodes decision nodes has no conditional probability table. In the influence diagram monitor windows for decision nodes and node list pane show the expected utility of choosing each decision (in stead of probabilities as in discrete chance nodes).

Decision nodes cannot appear in a network together with continuous chance nodes.

Decision nodes are assigned a type.

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