Advances in Probabilistic Graphical Models

Foundations.- Markov Equivalence in Bayesian Networks.- A Causal Algebra for Dynamic Flow Networks.- Graphical and Algebraic Representatives of Conditional Independence Models.- Bayesian Network Models with Discrete and Continuous Variables.- Sensitivity Analysis of Probabilistic Networks.- Inference.- A Review on Distinct Methods and Approaches to Perform Triangulation for Bayesian Networks.- Decisiveness in Loopy Propagation.- Lazy Inference in Multiply Sectioned Bayesian Networks Using Linked Junction Forests.- Learning.- A Study on the Evolution of Bayesian Network Graph Structures.- Learning Bayesian Networks with an Approximated MDL Score.- Learning of Latent Class Models by Splitting and Merging Components.- Decision Processes.- An Efficient Exhaustive Anytime Sampling Algorithm for Influence Diagrams.- Multi-currency Influence Diagrams.- Parallel Markov Decision Processes.- Applications.- Applications of HUGIN to Diagnosis and Control of Autonomous Vehicles.- Biomedical Applications of Bayesian Networks.- Learning and Validating Bayesian Network Models of Gene Networks.- The Role of Background Knowledge in Bayesian Classification.