10th March 2003 - Graphical models
This meeting will be at the unusual time of 1:45pm-3:45pm
Zoubin and Ed are going to introduce our reading on graphical models by discussing exact methods for inference.
Readings:- Jordan and Weiss paper, Graphical Models: Probabilistic Inference.
- Jordan, An introduction to graphical models. Chapter on the junction tree algorithm.
- Judea Pearl, Probabilistic reasoning in intelligent systems, revised second printing. Example of section 4.4.2 p204.
We might have also covered:
Suermondt, H.J. and Cooper, G.F., Probabilistic inference in multiply connected belief networks using loop cutsets, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 4 (1990) 283- 306.
...but it was not readily available.
Basic knowledge about graphical models and belief propagation will be assumed, as this was part of Zoubin's course.
Contact Iain if you have problems obtaining the reading.