A survey of Bayesian Network structure learning

NK Kitson, AC Constantinou, Z Guo, Y Liu… - Artificial Intelligence …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Bayesian Networks (BNs) have become increasingly popular over the last few
decades as a tool for reasoning under uncertainty in fields as diverse as medicine, biology …

[HTML][HTML] A review of causal inference for biomedical informatics

S Kleinberg, G Hripcsak - Journal of biomedical informatics, 2011 - Elsevier
Causality is an important concept throughout the health sciences and is particularly vital for
informatics work such as finding adverse drug events or risk factors for disease using …

The max-min hill-climbing Bayesian network structure learning algorithm

I Tsamardinos, LE Brown, CF Aliferis - Machine learning, 2006 - Springer
We present a new algorithm for Bayesian network structure learning, called Max-Min Hill-
Climbing (MMHC). The algorithm combines ideas from local learning, constraint-based, and …

[PDF][PDF] Local causal and Markov blanket induction for causal discovery and feature selection for classification part I: algorithms and empirical evaluation.

CF Aliferis, A Statnikov, I Tsamardinos, S Mani… - Journal of Machine …, 2010 - jmlr.org
We present an algorithmic framework for learning local causal structure around target
variables of interest in the form of direct causes/effects and Markov blankets applicable to …

Medical decision support using machine learning for early detection of late-onset neonatal sepsis

S Mani, A Ozdas, C Aliferis, HA Varol… - Journal of the …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objective The objective was to develop non-invasive predictive models for late-onset
neonatal sepsis from off-the-shelf medical data and electronic medical records (EMR) …

Utilization of machine learning for prediction of post-traumatic stress: a re-examination of cortisol in the prediction and pathways to non-remitting PTSD

IR Galatzer-Levy, S Ma, A Statnikov, R Yehuda… - Translational …, 2017 - nature.com
To date, studies of biological risk factors have revealed inconsistent relationships with
subsequent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The inconsistent signal may reflect the …

Feature selection with the R package MXM: discovering statistically equivalent feature subsets

V Lagani, G Athineou, A Farcomeni, M Tsagris… - Journal of Statistical …, 2017 - jstatsoft.org
The statistically equivalent signature (SES) algorithm is a method for feature selection
inspired by the principles of constraint-based learning of Bayesian networks. Most of the …

[PDF][PDF] Active learning of causal networks with intervention experiments and optimal designs

YB He, Z Geng - Journal of Machine Learning Research, 2008 - jmlr.org
The causal discovery from data is important for various scientific investigations. Because we
cannot distinguish the different directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) in a Markov equivalence …

Causal feature selection

I Guyon, C Aliferis - Computational methods of feature selection, 2007 - taylorfrancis.com
The present chapter makes an argument in favor of understanding and utilizing the notion of
causality for feature selection: from an algorithm design perspective, to enhance …

A new hybrid method for learning bayesian networks: Separation and reunion

H Liu, S Zhou, W Lam, J Guan - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2017 - Elsevier
Most existing algorithms for learning Bayesian networks (BNs) can be categorized as
constraint-based or score-based methods. Constraint-based algorithms use conditional …