// System.out.println( "******************************************************");
//}
if( type.getData().equalsIgnoreCase("Discrete") ){
//pi_from_parents.print("lambdaMessagesSending.pi_from_parents: ");
lambda_from_child_in_parent.copy( CPD_to_lambda(type, msg, cpt, lambda, parentNext, pi_from_parents, parentNext ) );
}else
if( type.getData().equalsIgnoreCase("Continuous") ){
EDBUnit parents_TYPE = node.get("INFO.PARENTS_TYPE");
//continuous parents only,