Decomposition of search for v-structures in DAGs

  • Authors:
  • Zhi Geng;Chi Wang;Qiang Zhao

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Multivariate Analysis
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

We show that the problem of searching for v-structures in a directed acyclic graph can be decomposed into searches in its decomposed subgraphs. This result simplifies the search for v-structures and the recovery of local causal relationships.