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The '''Bayesian network''' is a network probabilistic, graphical model that describes dependencies. | The '''Bayesian network''' is a network probabilistic, graphical model that describes dependencies. | ||
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Bayesian networks are interpretable. | Bayesian networks are interpretable. | ||
However, they are computationally expensive on higher dimensional data. | However, they are computationally expensive on higher dimensional data. We need to compute a large number of combinations of feature input probabilities. This is also the motivation behind [[Naive Bayes]] | ||
= Application = | |||
Bayesian networks have applications in machine learning tasks that deal with dependent features. Bayes theorem can be used in classification problems. | |||
An example is spam detection. Each node represents the conditional probability of a word being part of a spam email. | |||
Revision as of 18:44, 24 May 2024
The Bayesian network is a network probabilistic, graphical model that describes dependencies.
Properties
DAG
Bayesian networks are directed, acyclic graphs.
Each edge identifies a causal relation, usually temporal: something that happened in the future cannot cause something to happen in the past. As such, the graph is acyclic.
Each node is a conditional probability: Given that the parents happen, what is the probability of the node event happening.
Joint probability
Bayesian networks are primarily used to calculate the joint probability of an event given its dependencies. This can be done with the following formula
By relaxing some assumptions, Naive Bayes reduces the computational complexity.
Analysis
Bayesian networks are interpretable.
However, they are computationally expensive on higher dimensional data. We need to compute a large number of combinations of feature input probabilities. This is also the motivation behind Naive Bayes
Application
Bayesian networks have applications in machine learning tasks that deal with dependent features. Bayes theorem can be used in classification problems.
An example is spam detection. Each node represents the conditional probability of a word being part of a spam email.
