Glossary
Quantum Bayesian Network
by Frank Zickert
A Quantum Bayesian Network (QBN) is a generalization of a classical Bayesian network where probabilities are replaced by quantum probability amplitudes represented as density matrices. It models dependencies between quantum systems using quantum conditional probabilities instead of classical ones. This allows reasoning about quantum uncertainty and entanglement in a structured, graph-based way similar to how Bayesian networks represent classical uncertainty.