arXiv:2602.10253cs.DScs.AI2026-02NeurIPS被引 32

发现新参数可让贝叶斯网络学习变高效,突破传统复杂性限制。

The Complexity of Bayesian Network Learning: Revisiting the Superstructure

  • 用反馈边集作为参数,证明贝叶斯网络学习是固定参数可解的。
  • 在加法表示下,仅以树宽为参数即可实现高效学习。
  • 结果适用于贝叶斯网络和有向无环图学习,对理论研究者很有价值。

我们研究贝叶斯网络结构学习(BNSL)的参数化复杂性,该问题在经验与理论研究中均受广泛关注。此前工作表明,即使以超图的顶点覆盖大小为参数,BNSL也极不可能是固定参数可解的。本文证明,改用反馈边集作为参数时,BNSL 可实现固定参数可解。进一步地,我们给出了局部化反馈边集的更强结果,并提供相应的下界,从而对几乎所有已知图参数完成了复杂性分类。此外,我们分析了输入表示的影响:若使用加法表示而非传统的非零表示,则即使在更宽松的超图约束下,仅以树宽为参数也能使 BNSL 固定参数可解。最后,我们将结果推广至相关的树形图学习问题。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We investigate the parameterized complexity of Bayesian Network Structure Learning (BNSL), a classical problem that has received significant attention in empirical but also purely theoretical studies. We follow up on previous works that have analyzed the complexity of BNSL w.r.t. the so-called superstructure of the input. While known results imply that BNSL is unlikely to be fixed-parameter tractable even when parameterized by the size of a vertex cover in the superstructure, here we show that a different kind of parameterization - notably by the size of a feedback edge set - yields fixed-parameter tractability. We proceed by showing that this result can be strengthened to a localized version of the feedback edge set, and provide corresponding lower bounds that complement previous results to provide a complexity classification of BNSL w.r.t. virtually all well-studied graph parameters. We then analyze how the complexity of BNSL depends on the representation of the input. In particular, while the bulk of past theoretical work on the topic assumed the use of the so-called non-zero representation, here we prove that if an additive representation can be used instead then BNSL becomes fixed-parameter tractable even under significantly milder restrictions to the superstructure, notably when parameterized by the treewidth alone. Last but not least, we show how our results can be extended to the closely related problem of Polytree Learning.

贝叶斯网络复杂性理论参数化算法

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