Szili, B., Niu, M. and Neocleous, T. (2022) A Structural Learning Method for Graphical Models. In: 4th International Conference on Statistics: Theory and Applications (ICSTA'22), Prague, Czech Republic, 28-30 Jul 2022, p. 113. ISBN 9781990800085 (doi: 10.11159/icsta22.113)
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Abstract
This work is centred on investigating dependencies and representing learned structures as graphs. While there are a number of methods available for discrete and Gaussian random variables, there is no such method readily available for continuous variables that are non-Gaussian. For such methods to be reliable, it is necessary to have a way to measure pairwise and more importantly, conditional independence. In this work, an algorithm is created that uses both mutual information and a kernel method together to account for these dependencies and yield a graph that represents them. This method is then demonstrated through a simulation setting, comparing the results to an algorithm often used in Gaussian settings, additionally discussing future steps regarding this project.
| Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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| Additional Information: | The authors thank the School of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Glasgow for the funding of this research. Mu Niu acknowledges support for this paper from EPSRC grants EP/W021595/1. |
| Keywords: | Structural learning, mutual information, kernel methods, independence. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Szili, Benjamin and Neocleous, Dr Tereza and Niu, Dr Mu |
| Authors: | Szili, B., Niu, M., and Neocleous, T. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Mathematics and Statistics > Statistics |
| Research Group: | Statistics & Data Analytics |
| ISSN: | 2562-7767 |
| ISBN: | 9781990800085 |
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