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Main Authors: Ponce-Carrión, Francisco, Sullivant, Seth
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16292
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author Ponce-Carrión, Francisco
Sullivant, Seth
author_facet Ponce-Carrión, Francisco
Sullivant, Seth
contents We establish a bijection between marginal independence models on $n$ random variables and split closed order ideals in the poset of partial set partitions. We also establish that every discrete marginal independence model is toric in cdf coordinates. This generalizes results of Boege, Petrovic, and Sturmfels and Drton and Richardson, and provides a unified framework for discussing marginal independence models. Additionally, we provide an axiomatic characterization of marginal independence and we show that our set of axioms are sound and complete in the set of probability distributions. This follows the work of Geiger, Paz and Pearl who provided an analogous characterization of independence for statements involving 2 sets of random variables.
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spellingShingle Marginal Independence and Partial Set Partitions
Ponce-Carrión, Francisco
Sullivant, Seth
Statistics Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Combinatorics
We establish a bijection between marginal independence models on $n$ random variables and split closed order ideals in the poset of partial set partitions. We also establish that every discrete marginal independence model is toric in cdf coordinates. This generalizes results of Boege, Petrovic, and Sturmfels and Drton and Richardson, and provides a unified framework for discussing marginal independence models. Additionally, we provide an axiomatic characterization of marginal independence and we show that our set of axioms are sound and complete in the set of probability distributions. This follows the work of Geiger, Paz and Pearl who provided an analogous characterization of independence for statements involving 2 sets of random variables.
title Marginal Independence and Partial Set Partitions
topic Statistics Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16292