Hybrid Probabilistic Inference with Logical and Algebraic Constraints: A Survey

Abstract

Real world decision making problems often involve both discrete and continuous variables and require a combination of probabilistic and deterministic knowledge. Stimulated by recent advances in automated reasoning technology, hybrid (discrete+continuous) probabilistic reasoning with constraints has emerged as a lively and fast growing research field. In this paper we provide a survey of existing techniques for hybrid probabilistic inference with logic and algebraic constraints. We leverage weighted model integration as a unifying formalism and discuss the different paradigms that have been used as well as the expressivity-efficiency trade-offs that have been investigated. We conclude the survey with a comparative overview of existing implementations and a critical discussion of open challenges and promising research directions.

Cite

Text

Morettin et al. "Hybrid Probabilistic Inference with Logical and Algebraic Constraints: A Survey." International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2021. doi:10.24963/IJCAI.2021/617

Markdown

[Morettin et al. "Hybrid Probabilistic Inference with Logical and Algebraic Constraints: A Survey." International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2021.](https://mlanthology.org/ijcai/2021/morettin2021ijcai-hybrid/) doi:10.24963/IJCAI.2021/617

BibTeX

@inproceedings{morettin2021ijcai-hybrid,
  title     = {{Hybrid Probabilistic Inference with Logical and Algebraic Constraints: A Survey}},
  author    = {Morettin, Paolo and Dos Martires, Pedro Zuidberg and Kolb, Samuel and Passerini, Andrea},
  booktitle = {International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
  year      = {2021},
  pages     = {4533-4542},
  doi       = {10.24963/IJCAI.2021/617},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/ijcai/2021/morettin2021ijcai-hybrid/}
}