

.. index:: Case and Data File Formats

.. _Case_And_Data_File_Formats:

The Case and Data File Formats
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The HUGIN Graphical User Interface supports case and data files to save and load cases and data. A case file consists of a single case, i.e., a set of evidence on a subset of the nodes in a network, whereas a data file consists of a set of cases. The format of a case file is different from the format of a data file.


The Case File Format
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The HUGIN Graphical User Interface supports saving and loading of case files. A case file contains a description of a single evidence scenario such as this

.. figure:: images/case.jpg

	Figure 1: A sample case file.

Case files are useful for storing a set of evidence to be propagated in the network.

A more elaborate description case files can be found :ref:`here<case_files>`.


The Data File Formats
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The HUGIN Graphical User Interface supports saving and loading of data files. A data file contains a set of cases as this


.. figure:: images/data_file_example_1.png

	Figure 2: A sample data file.

Data files are useful for storing a set of cases to be propagated in the network or more commonly to be used for learning.

A more elaborate description data files can be found :ref:`here<data_files>`.
