Karl Amundsson: Approximated Bayesian Learning of Partition Directed Acyclic Graphs

Abstract :  Partition directed acyclic graphs (PDAGs) is a model whereby the conditional probability tables (CPTs) are partitioned into parts with equal probability. In this way, the number of parameters that need to be learned can be significantly reduced so that some problems become more computationally feasible. PDAGs have been shown tobe connected to labeled DAGs (LDAGs) and the connection is summarized here. Furthermore, a clustering algorithm is compared to an exact algorithm for determining a PDAG. To evaluate the algorithm, we use it on simulated data where the expected result is known.