Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9652877 | Journal of Symbolic Computation | 2005 | 25 Pages |
Abstract
We study the algebraic varieties defined by the conditional independence statements of Bayesian networks. A complete algebraic classification is given for Bayesian networks on at most five random variables. Hidden variables are related to the geometry of higher secant varieties.
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Authors
Luis David Garcia, Michael Stillman, Bernd Sturmfels,