Theory-independent limits on correlations from generalized Bayesian networks

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Henson, Joe ^a,b   Lal, Raymond ^c,d   Pusey, Matthew F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Causal structure; Quantum nonlocality

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BELLS; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

BELL INEQUALITIES; CLASSICAL CORRELATION; CLASSICAL THEORY; CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCES; LATENT VARIABLE; PROBABILISTIC THEORY; QUANTUM NONLOCALITY; SEPARATION THEOREM;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 84918838899     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/113043     Document Type: Article

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