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Exact structure learning of Bayesian networks by optimal path extension

  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

Bayesian networks are probabilistic graphical models often used in big data analytics. The problem of Bayesian network exact structure learning is to find a network structure that is optimal under certain scoring criteria. The problem is known to be NP-hard and the existing methods are both computationally and memory intensive. In this paper, we introduce a new approach for exact structure learning that leverages relationship between a partial network structure and the remaining variables to constrain the number of ways in which the partial network can be optimally extended. Via experimental results, we show that the method provides up to three times improvement in runtime, and orders of magnitude reduction in memory consumption over the current best algorithms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2016
EditorsRonay Ak, George Karypis, Yinglong Xia, Xiaohua Tony Hu, Philip S. Yu, James Joshi, Lyle Ungar, Ling Liu, Aki-Hiro Sato, Toyotaro Suzumura, Sudarsan Rachuri, Rama Govindaraju, Weijia Xu
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages48-55
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781467390040
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event4th IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2016 - Washington, United States
Duration: Dec 5 2016Dec 8 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2016

Conference

Conference4th IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period12/5/1612/8/16

Keywords

  • Bayesian Networks
  • Exact Structure Learning
  • Score-based Learning

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