An introduction to graphical models

时间:2012-07-23 05:13:24
【文件属性】:

文件名称:An introduction to graphical models

文件大小:186KB

文件格式:PDF

更新时间:2012-07-23 05:13:24

graphical models

Graphical models are a marriage between probability theory and graph theory. They provide a natural tool for dealing with two problems that occur throughout applied mathematics and engineering { uncertainty and complexity { and in particular they are playing an increasingly important role in the design and analysis of machine learning algorithms. Fundamental to the idea of a graphical model is the notion of modularity { a complex system is built by combining simpler parts. Probability theory provides the glue whereby the parts are combined, ensuring that the system as a whole is consistent, and providing ways to interface models to data. The graph theoretic side of graphical models provides both an intuitively appealing interface by which humans can model highly-interacting sets of variables as well as a data structure that lends itself naturally to the design of ecient general-purpose algorithms.


网友评论

  • 言简意赅,是初学者的最佳入门手册。反正我是打印下来放在手边备查。 当然复杂的操作书中没纳入,但另一方面来说这不就是这本书的最大优势么——只介绍最实用的知识,使用机会少的复杂操留给大家上网去搜索吧。
  • 是Kevin P. Murphy的文章,不是Jordan的书