Discrete max-linear Bayesian networks

DOI10.2140/ASTAT.2021.12.213MaRDI QIDQ2076295zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Benjamin Hollering, Seth Sullivant

Publication date 16 February 2022

Published in Algebraic Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.03426

zbMATH Keywords

toric idealtropical geometryconjunctive Bayesian networkmax-linear Bayesian network

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Toric varieties, Newton polyhedra, Okounkov bodies (14M25) Applications of commutative algebra (e.g., to statistics, control theory, optimization, etc.) (13P25) Commutative rings defined by binomial ideals, toric rings, etc. (13F65)

Abstract: Discrete max-linear Bayesian networks are directed graphical models specified by the same recursive structural equations as max-linear models but with discrete innovations. When all of the random variables in the model are binary, these models are isomorphic to the conjunctive Bayesian network (CBN) models of Beerenwinkel, Eriksson, and Sturmfels. Many of the techniques used to study CBN models can be extended to discrete max-linear models and similar results can be obtained. In particular, we extend the fact that CBN models are toric varieties after linear change of coordinates to all discrete max-linear models.

Recommendations

• Max-linear models on directed acyclic graphs
• Conjunctive Bayesian networks
• Identifiability and estimation of recursive max-linear models
• Discrete statistical models with rational maximum likelihood estimator
• Margins of discrete Bayesian networks

Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6016068 (Why is no real title available?)
• Algebraic geometry of Bayesian networks
• Algebraic statistics
• Binomial ideals
• Conjunctive Bayesian networks
• Evolution on distributive lattices
• Identifiability and estimation of recursive max-linear models
• Markov models for accumulating mutations
• Max-linear models on directed acyclic graphs

Cited in

(5)

• Estimating an extreme Bayesian network via scalings
• Max-linear models on directed acyclic graphs
• Identifiability and estimation of recursive max-linear models
• Conjunctive Bayesian networks
• Max-linear graphical models with heavy-tailed factors on trees of transitive tournaments

This page was built for publication: Discrete max-linear Bayesian networks

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2076295)