Building Probabilistic Graphical Models with Python

This book is perfect to get you started with probabilistic graphical models (PGM) with Python. It starts with a quick intro to Bayesian and Markov Networks covering concepts like conditional independence and D-separation. It then covers the different aspects of PGM: structure learning, parameter estimation (with frequentist or Bayes ian approach) and inference. All is illustrated with examples and code snippets using mostly the libpgm package. PyMC is used for Bayesian parameter estimation. ian approach) and inference. All is illustrated with examples and code snippets using mostly the libpgm package. PyMC is used for Bayesian parameter estimation.