Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Active Learning of Continuous-time Bayesian Networks through
  Interventions   We consider the problem of learning structures and parameters of
Continuous-time Bayesian Networks (CTBNs) from time-course data under minimal
experimental resources. In practice, the cost of generating experimental data
poses a bottleneck, especially in the natural and social sciences. A popular
approach to overcome this is Bayesian optimal experimental design (BOED).
However, BOED becomes infeasible in high-dimensional settings, as it involves
integration over all possible experimental outcomes. We propose a novel
criterion for experimental design based on a variational approximation of the
expected information gain. We show that for CTBNs, a semi-analytical expression
for this criterion can be calculated for structure and parameter learning. By
doing so, we can replace sampling over experimental outcomes by solving the
CTBNs master-equation, for which scalable approximations exist. This alleviates
the computational burden of sampling possible experimental outcomes in
high-dimensions. We employ this framework in order to recommend interventional
sequences. In this context, we extend the CTBN model to conditional CTBNs in
order to incorporate interventions. We demonstrate the performance of our
criterion on synthetic and real-world data.

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The categories of this paper are: hep-lat
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The categories of this paper are: nucl-th
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The categories of this paper are: bayes-an
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The categories of this paper are: adap-org
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The categories of this paper are: math
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The categories of this paper are: gr-qc
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The categories of this paper are: hep-th
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The categories of this paper are: q-bio
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The categories of this paper are: solv-int
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The categories of this paper are: eess
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ex
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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas
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The categories of this paper are: chao-dyn
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The categories of this paper are: alg-geom
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ph
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The categories of this paper are: nucl-ex