16th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI'04)
A Factor Tree Inference Algorithm for Bayesian Networks and Its Application
Boca Raton, Florida
November 15-November 17
ISBN: 0-7695-2236-X
In a Bayesian network, a probabilistic inference is the procedure of computing the posterior probability of query variables given a collection of evidences. In this paper, we propose an algorithm that efficiently carries out the inferences whose query variables and evidence variables are restricted to a subset of the set of the variables in a BN. The algorithm successfully combines the advantages of two popular inference algorithms — variable elimination and clique tree propagation. We empirically demonstrate its computational efficiency in an affective computing domain.
Citation:
Wenhui Liao, Weihong Zhang, Qiang Ji, "A Factor Tree Inference Algorithm for Bayesian Networks and Its Application," ictai, pp.652-656, 16th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI'04), 2004