Teymur, Onur, Filippi, Sarah (2020) A Bayesian nonparametric test for conditional independence. Foundations of Data Science, 2 (2). pp. 155-172. ISSN 2639-8001. (doi:10.3934/fods.2020009) (KAR id:90450)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3934/fods.2020009 |
Abstract
This article introduces a Bayesian nonparametric method for quantifying the relative evidence in a dataset in favour of the dependence or independence of two variables conditional on a third. The approach uses Pólya tree priors on spaces of conditional probability densities, accounting for uncertainty in the form of the underlying distributions in a nonparametric way. The Bayesian perspective provides an inherently symmetric probability measure of conditional dependence or independence, a feature particularly advantageous in causal discovery and not employed in existing procedures of this type.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.3934/fods.2020009 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Bayesian nonparametrics; conditional independence testing. |
Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA273 Probabilities |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science |
Depositing User: | Onur Teymur |
Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2021 08:42 UTC |
Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2022 21:36 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/90450 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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