Ordering based search methods have advantages over graph based search methods for structure learning of Bayesian networks in terms on the efficiency. With the aim of further increasing the accuracy of ordering based s...Ordering based search methods have advantages over graph based search methods for structure learning of Bayesian networks in terms on the efficiency. With the aim of further increasing the accuracy of ordering based search methods, we first propose to increase the search space, which can facilitate escaping from the local optima. We present our search operators with majorizations, which are easy to implement. Experiments show that the proposed algorithm can obtain significantly more accurate results. With regard to the problem of the decrease on efficiency due to the increase of the search space, we then propose to add path priors as constraints into the swap process. We analyze the coefficient which may influence the performance of the proposed algorithm, the experiments show that the constraints can enhance the efficiency greatly, while has little effect on the accuracy. The final experiments show that, compared to other competitive methods, the proposed algorithm can find better solutions while holding high efficiency at the same time on both synthetic and real data sets.展开更多
Learning Bayesian network structure is one of the most important branches in Bayesian network. The most popular graphical representative of a Bayesian network structure is an essential graph. This paper shows a combin...Learning Bayesian network structure is one of the most important branches in Bayesian network. The most popular graphical representative of a Bayesian network structure is an essential graph. This paper shows a combined algorithm according to the three rules for finding the essential graph of a given directed acyclic graph. Moreover, the complexity and advantages of this combined algorithm over others are also discussed. The aim of this paper is to present the proof of the correctness of the combined algorithm.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Fundation of China(61573285)the Doctoral Fundation of China(2013ZC53037)
文摘Ordering based search methods have advantages over graph based search methods for structure learning of Bayesian networks in terms on the efficiency. With the aim of further increasing the accuracy of ordering based search methods, we first propose to increase the search space, which can facilitate escaping from the local optima. We present our search operators with majorizations, which are easy to implement. Experiments show that the proposed algorithm can obtain significantly more accurate results. With regard to the problem of the decrease on efficiency due to the increase of the search space, we then propose to add path priors as constraints into the swap process. We analyze the coefficient which may influence the performance of the proposed algorithm, the experiments show that the constraints can enhance the efficiency greatly, while has little effect on the accuracy. The final experiments show that, compared to other competitive methods, the proposed algorithm can find better solutions while holding high efficiency at the same time on both synthetic and real data sets.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60974082)
文摘Learning Bayesian network structure is one of the most important branches in Bayesian network. The most popular graphical representative of a Bayesian network structure is an essential graph. This paper shows a combined algorithm according to the three rules for finding the essential graph of a given directed acyclic graph. Moreover, the complexity and advantages of this combined algorithm over others are also discussed. The aim of this paper is to present the proof of the correctness of the combined algorithm.
