Graphical Representations for Algebraic Constraints of Linear Structural Equations Models

Abstract

The observational characteristics of a linear structural equation model can be effectively described by polynomial constraints on the observed covariance matrix. However, these polynomials can be exponentially large, making them impractical for many purposes. In this paper, we present a graphical notation for many of these polynomial constraints. The expressive power of this notation is investigated both theoretically and empirically.

Cite

Text

Ommen and Drton. "Graphical Representations for Algebraic Constraints of Linear Structural Equations Models." Proceedings of The 11th International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models, 2022.

Markdown

[Ommen and Drton. "Graphical Representations for Algebraic Constraints of Linear Structural Equations Models." Proceedings of The 11th International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models, 2022.](https://mlanthology.org/pgm/2022/ommen2022pgm-graphical/)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{ommen2022pgm-graphical,
  title     = {{Graphical Representations for Algebraic Constraints of Linear Structural Equations Models}},
  author    = {Ommen, Thijs and Drton, Mathias},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of The 11th International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models},
  year      = {2022},
  pages     = {409-420},
  volume    = {186},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/pgm/2022/ommen2022pgm-graphical/}
}