Racing algorithms for conditional independence inference
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Export citationBouckaert, R. R., & Studený, M. (2007). Racing algorithms for conditional independence inference. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 45(2), 386-401.
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Abstract
In this article, we consider the computational aspects of deciding whether a conditional independence statement t is implied by a list of conditional independence statements L using the independence implication provided by the method of structural imsets. We present two algorithmic methods which have the interesting complementary properties that one method performs well to prove that t is implied by L, while the other performs well to prove that t is not implied by L. However, both methods do not well perform the opposite. This gives rise to a parallel algorithm in which both methods race against each other in order to determine effectively whether t is or is not implied.
Some empirical evidence is provided that suggests this racing algorithms method performs considerably better than an existing method based on so-called skeletal characterization of the respective implication. Furthermore, unlike previous methods, the method is able to handle more than five variables.
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2007Type
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Elsevier