International Journal of applied mathematics and computer science

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Number 2 - June 2006
Volume 16 - 2006

Node assignment problem in Bayesian networks

Joanna Polanska, Damian Borys, Andrzej Polanski

Abstract
This paper deals with the problem of searching for the best assignments of random variables to nodes in a Bayesian network (BN) with a given topology. Likelihood functions for the studied BNs are formulated, methods for their maximization are described and, finally, the results of a study concerning the reliability of revealing BNs' roles are reported. The results of BN node assignments can be applied to problems of the analysis of gene expression profiles.

Keywords
biostatistics, Bayesian networks, maximum likelihood, confidence intervals