Updated and expanded, Bayesian Artificial Intelligence, Second Edition provides a practical and accessible introduction to the main concepts, foundation, and applications of Bayesian networks. It focuses on both the causal discovery of networks and Bayesian inference procedures. Adopting a causal interpretation of Bayesian networks, the authors dis
I think it's a good start for people interested in graphical models and bayesian networks. It's certainly an easier read than Pearl. It gives some good intuitions rather than very strict theoretical background. I'd recommend it to people who want to start doing research on graphical models before reading Pearl and Koller.
The first four or so chapters are good, and I'm sure the rest would be fine if I were currently programming any sort of Bayesian network, but since I'm not, they were a little tedious.