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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Efficient Bayesian Network Inference: Genetic Algorithms, Stochastic Local Search, and Abstraction

Abstract

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Two major research results are presented that relate to creating hard synthetic Bayesian networks for empirical research on inference algorithms. One method translates deceptive problems studied in genetic algorithms to a Bayesian network setting, showing that Bayesian networks can be deceptive. The other result is based on translating satisfiability problems into Bayesian networks. We describe how connectivity, value of conditional probability tables as well as the degree of regularity of the underlying graph affect the speed of inference for Hugin and Stochastic Greedy Search.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Computer Science
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Mengshoel, Ole Jakob
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Wilkins, David C.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI9944937
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/81946

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Mengshoel, Ole Jakob. Efficient Bayesian Network Inference: Genetic Algorithms, Stochastic Local Search, and Abstraction. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/81946