Silva, R and Ghahramani, Z (2012) Bayesian Inference for Gaussian Mixed Graph Models. In:
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Abstract
We introduce priors and algorithms to perform Bayesian inference in Gaussian models defined by acyclic directed mixed graphs. Such a class of graphs, composed of directed and bi-directed edges, is a representation of conditional independencies that is closed under marginalization and arises naturally from causal models which allow for unmeasured confounding. Monte Carlo methods and a variational approximation for such models are presented. Our algorithms for Bayesian inference allow the evaluation of posterior distributions for several quantities of interest, including causal effects that are not identifiable from data alone but could otherwise be inferred where informative prior knowledge about confounding is available.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Bayesian Inference for Gaussian Mixed Graph Models |
| Additional information: | Appears in Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI2006) |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Computer Science UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Statistical Science |
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