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  Editors-in-chief: C. A. Athanasiadis, T. Lam, A. Munemasa, H. Van Maldeghem
ISSN 0925-9899 (print) • ISSN 1572-9192 (electronic)
 

The binomial ideal of the intersection axiom for conditional probabilities

Alex Fink

DOI: 10.1007/s10801-010-0253-5

Abstract

The binomial ideal associated with the intersection axiom of conditional probability is shown to be radical and is expressed as an intersection of toric prime ideals. This solves a problem in algebraic statistics posed by Cartwright and Engström.

Pages: 455–463

Keywords: keywords conditional independence; intersection axiom

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