Marginalizing and conditioning in graphical models

Bernoulli

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 817-840

  Koster, Jan T A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gaussian linear equations system; Graph; Graphical Markov model; Linear structural equations system; Markov property; Markov random field; MC graph; Non recursive causal model; Separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543026188     PISSN: 13507265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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