Some topics on graphical models in statistics

This thesis considers graphical models that are represented by families of probability distributions having sets of conditional independence constraints specified by an influence diagram. Chapter 1 introduces the notion of a directed acyclic graph, a particular type of independence graph, which is u...

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Main Author: Brewer, Mark John
Published: University of Edinburgh 1994
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.641931