Exploiting the hidden structure of junction trees for MPE

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Abstract

The role of decomposition-trees (also known as junction and clique trees) in probabilistic inference is widely known and has been the basis for many well known inference algorithms. Recent approaches have demonstrated that such trees have a "hidden structure", which enables the characterization of tractable problem instances as well as lead to insights that enable boosting the performance of inference algorithms. We consider the MPE problem on a Boolean formula in CNF where each literal in the formula is associated with a weight. We describe techniques for exploiting the junction-tree structure of these formulas in the context of a branch-and-bound algorithm for MPE.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWS-16-01
Subtitle of host publicationArtificial Intelligence Applied to Assistive Technologies and Smart Environments; WS-16-02: AI, Ethics, and Society; WS-16-03: Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security; WS-16-04: Artificial Intelligence for Smart Grids and Smart Buildings; WS-16-05: Beyond NP; WS-16-06: Computer Poker and Imperfect Information Games; WS-16-07: Declarative Learning Based Programming; WS-16-08: Expanding the Boundaries of Health Informatics Using AI; WS-16-09: Incentives and Trust in Electronic Communities; WS-16-10: Knowledge Extraction from Text; WS-16-11: Multiagent Interaction without Prior Coordination; WS-16-12: Planning for Hybrid Systems; WS-16-13: Scholarly Big Data: AI Perspectives, Challenges, and Ideas; WS-16-14: Symbiotic Cognitive Systems; WS-16-15: World Wide Web and Population Health Intelligence
Pages333-338
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781577357599
StatePublished - 2016
Event30th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2016 - Phoenix, United States
Duration: 12 Feb 201613 Feb 2016

Publication series

NameAAAI Workshop - Technical Report
VolumeWS-16-01 - WS-16-15

Conference

Conference30th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhoenix
Period12/02/1613/02/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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