‘what I am after’ from gR2002
Peter Green, University of Bristol, UK
Why graphical models in R?
- Statistical modelling and analysis do not
respect boundaries of model classes
- Software should encourage and support good
practice - and graphical models are good practice!
- Data analysis - model-based
- R for ‘reference implementation’ of new
methodology
- Open software
Questions
- Scope?
– Digram, MIM, CoCo, TETRAD, Hugin, BUGS? – Determined by classes of model, or classes of algorithm?
- Market?
– Statistics researcher, statistics MSc, arbitrary Excel user?
- Delivery?
– R package(s), with C code? Markov chains
Graphical models
Contingency tables Spatial statistics Sufficiency Regression Covariance selection Statistical physics Genetics AI
Contents
- Hierarchical models
- Variable-length parameters
- Models with undirected edges
- Hidden Markov models
- Inference on structure
- Discrete graphical models/PES
- Grappa
Bayesian Hierarchical models
properly integrating out all sources of variation