A survey on latent tree models and applications

DOI10.1613/JAIR.3879MaRDI QIDQ4927420zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Raphaël Mourad, Christine Sinoquet, Tengfei Liu, Philippe Leray, Nevin L. Zhang

Publication date 20 June 2013

Published in Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.0577

zbMATH Keywords

latent variablesprobabilistic graphical models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Data structures (68P05)

Abstract: In data analysis, latent variables play a central role because they help provide powerful insights into a wide variety of phenomena, ranging from biological to human sciences. The latent tree model, a particular type of probabilistic graphical models, deserves attention. Its simple structure - a tree - allows simple and efficient inference, while its latent variables capture complex relationships. In the past decade, the latent tree model has been subject to significant theoretical and methodological developments. In this review, we propose a comprehensive study of this model. First we summarize key ideas underlying the model. Second we explain how it can be efficiently learned from data. Third we illustrate its use within three types of applications: latent structure discovery, multidimensional clustering, and probabilistic inference. Finally, we conclude and give promising directions for future researches in this field.

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