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17 results for tree-width

We show that a small tree-decomposition of a knot diagram induces a small sphere-decomposition of the corresponding knot. This, in turn, implies that the knot admits a small essential planar meridional surface or a small bridge sphere. We use this to give the first examples of knots where any diagram has high tree-widt…

2018-09-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Chow and Liu (1968) studied the problem of learning a maximumlikelihood Markov tree. We generalize their work to more complexMarkov networks by considering the problem of learning a maximumlikelihood Markov network of bounded complexity. We discuss howtree-width is in many ways the appropriate measure of complexity and…

2013-01-10abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper presents a new anytime algorithm for the marginal MAP problem in graphical models. The algorithm is described in detail, its complexity and convergence rate are studied, and relations to previous theoretical results for the problem are discussed. It is shown that the algorithm runs in polynomial-time if the …

2012-06-27abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that the class of strongly connected graphical models with treewidth at most k can be properly efficiently PAC-learnt with respect to the Kullback-Leibler Divergence. Previous approaches to this problem, such as those of Chow ([1]), and Ho gen ([7]) have shown that this class is PAC-learnable by reducing it to …

2012-07-11abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper develops a theory for free boundary minimal surfaces with genus at least one.

problem Finding minimal surfaces with specific genus and boundary conditions.
method Using sweepouts of surfaces of genus g≥1 and m≥1 ideal boundary components, the paper constructs a min-max theory for free boundary minimal surfaces.
result The width for the area functional can be achieved by a bubble tree limit of branched genus g free boundary minimal surfaces with nodes.

Given a Gaussian Markov random field, we consider the problem of selecting a subset of variables to observe which minimizes the total expected squared prediction error of the unobserved variables. We first show that finding an exact solution is NP-hard even for a restricted class of Gaussian Markov random fields, calle…

2012-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

We give a general fixed parameter tractable algorithm to compute quantum invariants of links presented by diagrams, whose complexity is singly exponential in the carving-width (or the tree-width) of the diagram. In particular, we get a O(N32cwpoly(n))O(N^{\frac{3}{2} \mathrm{cw}} \mathrm{poly}(n)) time algorithm to compute any Resh…

2019-10-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Probabilistic representations, such as Bayesian and Markov networks, are fundamental to much of statistical machine learning. Thus, learning probabilistic representations directly from data is a deep challenge, the main computational bottleneck being inference that is intractable. Tractable learning is a powerful new p…

2019-01-17abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we establish some theoretical connections between Sum-Product Networks (SPNs) and Bayesian Networks (BNs). We prove that every SPN can be converted into a BN in linear time and space in terms of the network size. The key insight is to use Algebraic Decision Diagrams (ADDs) to compactly represent the loca…

2015-01-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a VB method for TS-SBP mixture models with reduced computational cost.

problem Efficiently learning tree-structured stick-breaking process mixture models.
method Utilizes Bayes coding algorithm for context tree models to calculate sums over all possible trees.
result Proposes a learning algorithm with less computational cost for TS-SBP mixture of Gaussians.

Interactive steering improves hierarchical clustering for diverse user needs.

problem Existing hierarchical clustering methods fail to meet diverse user needs.
method Knowledge-driven and data-driven constraints, interactive steering through a visual interface.
result Facilitates the building of customized clustering trees efficiently and effectively.

Bayesian inference for topics in documents with many potential causes.

problem Estimating topic distributions in documents with many potential causes and few observations.
method Exact Bayesian inference using a linear-time algorithm with a simple formula.
result Exact Bayesian inference can be computed in linear time for a given upper bound on observations.

This paper finds efficient algorithms for approximating Markov networks with k-tree topologies.

problem Efficiently approximating Markov networks with complex topologies.
method Developed O(n^{k+1})-time algorithms for finding maximum spanning k-trees (MSkT) that retain certain subgraphs.
result Optimal approximation of Markov networks with k-tree topology is achieved in polynomial time.