Graphical models are often used in applied statistics and data mining. This work provides an introduction and overview of relational, probabilistic, and possibilistic networks used in data analysis and data mining, for researchers and practitioners who use graphical models in their work and for graduate students of applied statistics, computer science, and engineering. All of the necessary background is provided, with material on modeling under uncertainty and imprecision modeling, decomposition of distributions, graphical representation of distributions, applications relating to graphical models, and problems for further research. This second edition contains a new chapter on visualization, and new coverage of clique tree propagation and other evidence propagation methods. A companion web site includes exercises, teaching material, and open source software. Borgelt is affiliated with the European Center for Soft Computing, Spain. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Graphical models are of increasing importance in applied statistics, and in particular in data mining. Providing a self-contained introduction and overview to learning relational, probabilistic, and possibilistic networks from data, this second edition of Graphical Models is thoroughly updated to include the latest research in this burgeoning field, including a new chapter on visualization. The text provides graduate students, and researchers with all the necessary background material, including modelling under uncertainty, decomposition of distributions, graphical representation of distributions, and applications relating to graphical models and problems for further research.