Possibility theory: Conditional independence

doi:10.1016/j.fss.2006.01.003

Possibility theory: Conditional independence

2006-06-01

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DOI：10.1016/j.fss.2006.01.003

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The subtle notion of conditioning is controversial in several contexts, for example in possibility theory where, in fact, different definitions have been introduced. We refer to a general axiomatic definition of conditional possibility and then we deal with partial assessments on (not necessarily structured) domains containing only elements of interest. We study a notion of coherence, which assures the extendability of an assessment as a conditional possibility and we introduce a procedure for checking coherence. Moreover, we propose a definition of independence for conditional possibility, which avoids some counterintuitive situations, and we study its main properties in order to compare it with other definitions introduced in literature. Then, we check which properties among the graphoid ones are satisfied: this allows to compare our definition with other independence notions given in the context of other uncertainty formalisms. This analysis is relevant for graphical models in order to single out and visualize dependence relations among random variables. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords:

possibility theory

coherence

conditional independence

logical independence

graphical models

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