Most probable explanations for probabilistic database queries
Forming the foundations of large-scale knowledge bases, probabilistic databases have been widely studied in the literature. In particular, probabilistic query evaluation has been investigated intensively as a central inference mechanism. However, despite its power, query evaluation alone cannot extr...
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author | Ceylan, I Borgwardt, S Lukasiewicz, T |
author2 | Sierra, C |
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description | Forming the foundations of large-scale knowledge bases, probabilistic databases have been widely studied in the literature. In particular, probabilistic query evaluation has been investigated intensively as a central inference mechanism. However, despite its power, query evaluation alone cannot extract all the relevant information encompassed in large-scale knowledge bases. To exploit this potential, we study two inference tasks; namely finding the most probable database and the most probable hypothesis for a given query. As natural counterparts of most probable explanations (MPE) and maximum a posteriori hypotheses (MAP) in probabilistic graphical models, they can be used in a variety of applications that involve prediction or diagnosis tasks. We investigate these problems relative to a variety of query languages, ranging from conjunctive queries to ontology-mediated queries, and provide a detailed complexity analysis. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:91cc7bb1-633e-4310-9155-5f28d78f98812022-03-26T23:21:07ZMost probable explanations for probabilistic database queriesConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:91cc7bb1-633e-4310-9155-5f28d78f9881Symplectic Elements at OxfordIJCAI2017Ceylan, IBorgwardt, SLukasiewicz, TSierra, CForming the foundations of large-scale knowledge bases, probabilistic databases have been widely studied in the literature. In particular, probabilistic query evaluation has been investigated intensively as a central inference mechanism. However, despite its power, query evaluation alone cannot extract all the relevant information encompassed in large-scale knowledge bases. To exploit this potential, we study two inference tasks; namely finding the most probable database and the most probable hypothesis for a given query. As natural counterparts of most probable explanations (MPE) and maximum a posteriori hypotheses (MAP) in probabilistic graphical models, they can be used in a variety of applications that involve prediction or diagnosis tasks. We investigate these problems relative to a variety of query languages, ranging from conjunctive queries to ontology-mediated queries, and provide a detailed complexity analysis. |
spellingShingle | Ceylan, I Borgwardt, S Lukasiewicz, T Most probable explanations for probabilistic database queries |
title | Most probable explanations for probabilistic database queries |
title_full | Most probable explanations for probabilistic database queries |
title_fullStr | Most probable explanations for probabilistic database queries |
title_full_unstemmed | Most probable explanations for probabilistic database queries |
title_short | Most probable explanations for probabilistic database queries |
title_sort | most probable explanations for probabilistic database queries |
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