期刊
BERNOULLI
卷 17, 期 3, 页码 845-879出版社
INT STATISTICAL INST
DOI: 10.3150/10-BEJ309
关键词
concentration graph; directed acyclic graph; endogenous variables; graphical Markov model; independence graph; multivariate regression chain; partial closure; partial inversion; triangular system
资金
- Swedish Research Society via the Gothenburg Stochastic Center
- Swedish Strategic Fund via the Gothenburg Math. Modelling Center
A set of independence statements may define the independence structure of interest in a family of joint probability distributions. This structure is often captured by a graph that consists of nodes representing the random variables and of edges that couple node pairs. One important class contains regression graphs. Regression graphs are a type of so-called chain graph and describe stepwise processes, in which at each step single or joint responses are generated given the relevant explanatory variables in their past. For joint densities that result after possible marginalising or conditioning, we introduce summary graphs. These graphs reflect the independence structure implied by the generating process for the reduced set of variables and they preserve the implied independences after additional marginalising and conditioning. They can identify generating dependences that remain unchanged and alert to possibly severe distortions due to direct and indirect confounding. Operators for matrix representations of graphs are used to derive these properties of summary graphs and to translate them into special types of paths in graphs.
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