milan studeny csixivyutiacascz dear colleagues let know monograph entitled probabilistic conditional independence structures recently published springerverlag london 2005 may case phd students find interesting despite fact mathematical monograph textbook written particularly computer scientists hand tried explain motivation quite seriously pure mathematical text also deals methodological aspects main topic monograph nongraphical algebraic method describing probabilistic ci structures however one first two chapters book recalls gathers basic mathematical tools study probabilistic conditional independence ci one sketchy overview recent advanced graphical approaches desciption ci structures next four chapters develop nongraphical method last standard chapter attempt apply method practice devoted learning bayesian nets mathematical philosophical revision methods learning bayesian networks main aim chapter indicate algebraic approach also applied area since aware fact mathematical book could difficult read experts computer science wrote appendix contains various mathematical statistical notions arranged clear way hope believe also suitable advanced phd students particar interest mathematics simplify browsing book included detailed subject index list notation list elementary items text finally special chapter book overview open mathematical problems chapter intended mathematicians phd students really love mathematics regards milan studeny _______________________________________________ uai mailing list faqengrorstedu httpssecureengroregonstateedumailmanlistinfouai tue 05 aug 2008 172154 0800 uai probabilistic conditional independence structures