Decomposition of search for v-structures in DAGs

Zhi Geng, Chi Wang and Qiang Zhao

Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 2005, vol. 96, issue 2, 282-294

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.

Keywords: Decomposition; Directed; acyclic; graph; Moral; graph; v-structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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