Title
Towards a novel probabilistic graphical model of sequential data: fundamental notions and a solution to the problem of parameter learning
Abstract
Probabilistic graphical modeling via Hybrid Random Fields (HRFs) was introduced recently, and shown to improve over Bayesian Networks (BNs) and Markov Random Fields (MRFs) in terms of computational efficiency and modeling capabilities (namely, HRFs subsume BNs and MRFs). As in traditional graphical models, HRFs express a joint distribution over a fixed collection of random variables. This paper introduces the major definitions of a proper dynamic extension of regular HRFs (including latent variables), aimed at modeling arbitrary-length sequences of sets of (time-dependent) random variables under Markov assumptions. Suitable maximum pseudo-likelihood algorithms for learning the parameters of the model from data are then developed. The resulting learning machine is expected to fit scenarios whose nature involves discovering the stochastic (in)dependencies amongst the random variables, and the corresponding variations over time.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/978-3-642-33212-8_7
ANNPR
Keywords
Field
DocType
markov random fields,markov assumption,bayesian networks,random variable,fundamental notion,hybrid random fields,regular hrfs,novel probabilistic graphical model,parameter learning,arbitrary-length sequence,probabilistic graphical modeling,traditional graphical model,hrfs subsume bns,sequential data,hidden markov model
Random variable,Random field,Joint probability distribution,Pattern recognition,Computer science,Markov chain,Bayesian network,Artificial intelligence,Variable-order Markov model,Graphical model,Hidden Markov model,Machine learning
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.51
7
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Edmondo Trentin128629.25
Marco Bongini291.65