Finding an ϵ-Close Minimal Variation of Parameters in Bayesian Networks
Finding an ϵ-Close Minimal Variation of Parameters in Bayesian Networks
Bahare Salmani, Joost-Pieter Katoen
Proceedings of the Thirty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Main Track. Pages 5720-5729.
https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2023/635
This paper addresses the ε-close parameter tuning problem for Bayesian
networks (BNs): find a minimal ε-close amendment of probability entries
in a given set of (rows in) conditional probability tables that make a
given quantitative constraint on the BN valid. Based on the
state-of-the-art “region verification” techniques for parametric Markov
chains, we propose an algorithm whose capabilities go
beyond any existing techniques. Our experiments show that ε-close tuning
of large BN benchmarks with up to eight parameters is feasible. In
particular, by allowing (i) varied parameters in multiple CPTs and (ii)
inter-CPT parameter dependencies, we treat subclasses of parametric BNs
that have received scant attention so far.
Keywords:
Uncertainty in AI: UAI: Bayesian networks
Uncertainty in AI: UAI: Graphical models
Uncertainty in AI: UAI: Tractable probabilistic models