Scalable, efficient and correct learning of markov boundaries under the faithfulness assumption

Jose M. Peña*, Johan Björkegren, Jesper Tegnér

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Abstract

We propose an algorithm for learning the Markov boundary of a random variable from data without having to learn a complete Bayesian network. The algorithm is correct under the faithfulness assumption, scalable and data efficient. The last two properties are important because we aim to apply the algorithm to identify the minimal set of random variables that is relevant for probabilistic classification in databases with many random variables but few instances. We report experiments with synthetic and real databases with 37, 441 and 139352 random variables showing that the algorithm performs satisfactorily.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSymbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty - 8th European Conference, ECSQARU 2005, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages136-147
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)3540273263, 9783540273264
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event8th European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty, ECSQARU 2005 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: Jul 6 2005Jul 8 2005

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3571 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other8th European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty, ECSQARU 2005
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period07/6/0507/8/05

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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