Identifying independencies in causal graphs with feedback

Authors:
Judea Pearl;Rina Dechter
Affiliations:
Cognitive Systems Laboratory, Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA;Information & Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
Venue:
UAI'96 Proceedings of the Twelfth international conference on Uncertainty in artificial intelligence
Year:
1996

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Abstract

We show that the d-separation criterion constitutes a valid test for conditional independence relationships that are induced by feedback systems involving discrete variables.