Trek separation for Gaussian graphical models

DOI10.1214/09-AOS760zbMath1189.62091arXiv0812.1938OpenAlexW3099019541WikidataQ57439783 ScholiaQ57439783MaRDI QIDQ973882

Seth Sullivant, Jan Draisma, Kelli Talaska

Publication date: 26 May 2010

Published in: The Annals of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1938

zbMATH Keywords

linear regressionconditional independenceBayesian networkgraphical modelGessel-Viennot-Lindström lemmatrek rule

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multivariate analysis (62H99) Linear regression; mixed models (62J05) Characterization and structure theory for multivariate probability distributions; copulas (62H05) Applications of graph theory (05C90)

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Uses Software

• TETRAD

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