Approximation Methods for Efficient Learning of Bayesian Networks

Approximation Methods for Efficient Learning of Bayesian Networks

Approximation Methods for Efficient Learning of Bayesian Networks

eBook
Author(s):Carsten Riggelsen
Format: Original PDF
Published year: 2008
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Language: English
ISBN: 9781607502982, 9781586038212

Summary

This publication offers and investigates efficient Monte Carlo simulation methods in order to realize a Bayesian approach to approximate learning of Bayesian networks from both complete and incomplete data. For large amounts of incomplete data when Monte Carlo methods are inefficient, approximations are implemented, such that learning remains feasible, albeit non-Bayesian. The topics discussed are: basic concepts about probabilities, graph theory and conditional independence; Bayesian network learning from data; Monte Carlo simulation techniques; and, the concept of incomplete data. In order t.
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