Node Kind
Directly below the = 4 && typeof(BSPSPopupOnMouseOver) == 'function') BSPSPopupOnMouseOver(event);" class="BSSCPopup" onclick="BSSCPopup('X_PU_graphic_node_name.htm');return false;">name entry area of the node
dialog box is a selector 
.
Click on it to bring up the node kinds menu:
.
You can use it to turn the node into a = 4 && typeof(BSPSPopupOnMouseOver) == 'function') BSPSPopupOnMouseOver(event);" class="BSSCPopup" onclick="BSSCPopup('X_Glossary_NR.htm#nature');return false;">nature node, constant node, decision node, or utility node (also known as a “value node”).
Nature nodes are called deterministic nodes when their relationship with their parents is deterministic, or chance nodes when the relationship is probabilistic. Netica will automatically determine if a nature node is deterministic and if so, will draw a thick border when in labeled-box style, and color it in the "-Deterministic" node-set color (if you haven't made other node-sets higher priority).
When a net is composed entirely of nature nodes it is called a Bayes net (also known as a “belief network”). If it also has decision and utility nodes, it is called a decision net (also known as an “influence diagram”). = 4 && typeof(BSPSPopupOnMouseOver) == 'function') BSPSPopupOnMouseOver(event);" class="BSSCPopup" onclick="BSSCPopup('X_PU_decision_node.htm');return false;">Decision nodes represent variables that the decision maker can control, and = 4 && typeof(BSPSPopupOnMouseOver) == 'function') BSPSPopupOnMouseOver(event);" class="BSSCPopup" onclick="BSSCPopup('X_PU_utility_node.htm');return false;">utility nodes represent variables the decision maker is trying to optimize.
Alternative Ways:
You can also change node kinds straight from the net window without
using a node dialog box. To do this, = 4 && typeof(BSPSPopupOnMouseOver) == 'function') BSPSPopupOnMouseOver(event);" class="BSSCPopup" onclick="BSSCPopup('X_PU_select_node.htm');return false;">select a node or set of nodes you wish to
change, and while holding down the ctrl key click the toolbar button indicating
the kind of node you wish them to become: 
for nature
nodes, 
for decision nodes, or
for utility nodes.
Or, = 4 && typeof(BSPSPopupOnMouseOver) == 'function') BSPSPopupOnMouseOver(event);" class="BSSCPopup" onclick="BSSCPopup('X_PU_right_click.htm');return false;">right-click over the node (or selected nodes)
and choose Modify →
Kind.