PKDD
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
Abstract. A new method is proposed for compiling causal independencies into Markov logic networks (MLNs). An MLN can be viewed as compactly representing a factorization of a joint ...
ADVCS
2008
13 years 3 months ago
2008
We introduce a notion of causal independence based on virtual intervention, which is a fundamental concept of the theory of causal networks. Causal independence allows for de ning ...
AI
2005
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2005
Springer
In designing a Bayesian network for an actual problem, developers need to bridge the gap between ematical abstractions offered by the Bayesian-network formalism and the features o...
UAI
1994
13 years 5 months ago
1994
Heckerman (1993) defined causal independence in terms of a set of temporal conditional independence statements. These statements formalized certain types of causal interaction whe...
ECML
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
2006
Springer
Causal independence modelling is a well-known method both for reducing the size of probability tables and for explaining the underlying mechanisms in Bayesian networks. In this pap...