BDgraph (version 2.62)

bdgraph.mpl: Search algorithm in graphical models using marginal pseudo-likehlihood

Description

This function consists of several sampling algorithms for Bayesian model determination in undirected graphical models based on mariginal pseudo-likelihood. To speed up the computations, the birth-death MCMC sampling algorithms are implemented in parallel using OpenMP in C++.

Usage

bdgraph.mpl( data, n = NULL, method = "ggm", transfer = TRUE, 
             algorithm = "bdmcmc", iter = 5000, burnin = iter / 2, 
             g.prior = 0.5, g.start = "empty", 
             jump = NULL, alpha = 0.5, save = FALSE, 
             print = 1000, cores = NULL, operator = "or" )

Arguments

data

There are two options: (1) an (\(n \times p\)) matrix or a data.frame corresponding to the data, (2) an (\(p \times p\)) covariance matrix as \(S=X'X\) which \(X\) is the data matrix (\(n\) is the sample size and \(p\) is the number of variables). It also could be an object of class "sim", from function bdgraph.sim. The input matrix is automatically identified by checking the symmetry.

n

The number of observations. It is needed if the "data" is a covariance matrix.

method

A character with two options "ggm" (default), "dgm" and "dgm-binary". Option "ggm" is for Gaussian graphical models based on Gaussianity assumption. Option "dgm" is for discrete graphical models for the data that are discrete. Option "dgm-binary" is for discrete graphical models for the data that are binary.

transfer

For only discrete data which method = "dgm" or method = "dgm-binary".

algorithm

A character with two options "bdmcmc" (default) and "rjmcmc". Option "bdmcmc" is based on birth-death MCMC algorithm. Option "rjmcmc" is based on reverible jump MCMC algorithm. Option "hc" is based on hill-climbing algorithm; this algorithm is only for discrete data which method = "dgm" or method = "dgm-binary".

iter

The number of iteration for the sampling algorithm.

burnin

The number of burn-in iteration for the sampling algorithm.

g.prior

For determining the prior distribution of each edge in the graph. There are two options: a single value between \(0\) and \(1\) (e.g. \(0.5\) as a noninformative prior) or an (\(p \times p\)) matrix with elements between \(0\) and \(1\).

g.start

Corresponds to a starting point of the graph. It could be an (\(p \times p\)) matrix, "empty" (default), or "full". Option "empty" means the initial graph is an empty graph and "full" means a full graph. It also could be an object with S3 class "bdgraph" of R package BDgraph or the class "ssgraph" of R package ssgraph; this option can be used to run the sampling algorithm from the last objects of previous run (see examples).

jump

It is only for the BDMCMC algorithm (algorithm = "bdmcmc"). It is for simultaneously updating multiple links at the same time to update graph in the BDMCMC algorithm.

alpha

Value of the hyper parameter of Dirichlet, which is a prior distribution.

save

Logical: if FALSE (default), the adjacency matrices are NOT saved. If TRUE, the adjacency matrices after burn-in are saved.

print

Value to see the number of iteration for the MCMC algorithm.

cores

The number of cores to use for parallel execution. The case cores="all" means all CPU cores to use for parallel execution.

operator

A character with two options "or" (default) and "and". It is for hill-climbing algorithm.

Value

An object with S3 class "bdgraph" is returned:

p_links

An upper triangular matrix which corresponds the estimated posterior probabilities of all possible links.

For the case "save = TRUE" is returned:

sample_graphs

A vector of strings which includes the adjacency matrices of visited graphs after burn-in.

graph_weights

A vector which includes the waiting times of visited graphs after burn-in.

all_graphs

A vector which includes the identity of the adjacency matrices for all iterations after burn-in. It is needed for monitoring the convergence of the BD-MCMC algorithm.

all_weights

A vector which includes the waiting times for all iterations after burn-in. It is needed for monitoring the convergence of the BD-MCMC algorithm.

References

Dobra, A. and Mohammadi, R. (2018). Loglinear Model Selection and Human Mobility, Annals of Applied Statistics, 12(2):815-845

Mohammadi, A. and Wit, E. C. (2015). Bayesian Structure Learning in Sparse Gaussian Graphical Models, Bayesian Analysis, 10(1):109-138

Mohammadi, A. and Dobra, A. (2017). The R Package BDgraph for Bayesian Structure Learning in Graphical Models, ISBA Bulletin, 24(4):11-16

Pensar, J. et al (2017) Marginal pseudo-likelihood learning of discrete Markov network structures, Bayesian Analysis, 12(4):1195-215

Mohammadi, R. and Wit, E. C. (2019). BDgraph: An R Package for Bayesian Structure Learning in Graphical Models, Journal of Statistical Software, 89(3):1-30

See Also

bdgraph, bdgraph.sim, summary.bdgraph, compare

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
# Generating multivariate normal data from a 'random' graph
data.sim <- bdgraph.sim( n = 70, p = 5, size = 7, vis = TRUE )
   
bdgraph.obj <- bdgraph.mpl( data = data.sim, iter = 500 )
  
summary( bdgraph.obj )
   
# To compare the result with true graph
compare( data.sim, bdgraph.obj, main = c( "Target", "BDgraph" ) )
# }

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