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Modern Exact and Approximate Combinatorial Optimization algorithms for Graphical Models Rina Dechter Donald Bren school of ICS, University of California, Irvine In the pursuit of a universal solver A D B C E F Main collaborator: Radu Marinescu Lars Otten Alex Ihler Kalev Kask Robert Mateescu CMU 2016

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Modern Exact and Approximate Combinatorial Optimization algorithms for Graphical Models

Rina DechterDonald Bren school of ICS, University of

California, Irvine

In the pursuit of a universal solver

A

D

B C

E

F

Main collaborator:Radu MarinescuLars OttenAlex IhlerKalev KaskRobert Mateescu CMU 2016

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Combinatorial Optimization

Planning & Scheduling Computer Vision

Find an optimal schedule for the satellitethat maximizes the number of photographstaken, subject to on-board recording capacity

Image classification: label pixels inan image by their associated object class

[He et al. 2004; Winn et al. 2005]

grass

plane

sky

grass

cow

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Sample Applications for Graphical Models

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Sample Applications for Graphical Models

Learning: MAP

Reasoning: MAP

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How to Design a Good MAP SolverHeuristic SearchThe core of a good search algorithmA compact search spaceA good heuristic evaluation functionA good traversal strategy

Anytime search yields a good approximation.

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Outline Graphical models, Queries, Algorithms Inference Algorithms: bucket-elimination Bounded Inference: a) mini-bucket, b) cost-shifting AND/OR search spaces and AND/OR BnB Evaluation, Software Conclusion

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Graphical Models, Queries, Algorithms

Any collection of local functions over a subset of variableIs a graphical model

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Constraint Optimization Problems for Graphical Models

functionscost - },...,{ domains - },...,{ variables- },...,{

:where,, triplea is A

1

1

1

m

n

n

ffFDDDXXX

FDXRCOPfinite

===

=

A B D Cost1 2 3 31 3 2 22 1 3 02 3 1 03 1 2 53 2 1 0

G

A

B C

D F

( )∑ ==

m

i i XfXF1

)(

FunctionCost Global

Primal graph =Variables --> nodesFunctions, Constraints - arcs

f(A,B,D) has scope {A,B,D}

F(a,b,c,d,f,g)= f1(a,b,d)+f2(d,f,g)+f3(b,c,f)

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Bayesian Networks (Pearl, 1988)

P(S, C, B, X, D) = P(S) P(C|S) P(B|S) P(X|C,S) P(D|C,B)

lung Cancer

Smoking

X-ray

Bronchitis

DyspnoeaP(D|C,B)

P(B|S)

P(S)

P(X|C,S)

P(C|S)

Θ) (G,BN =

CPD:C B P(D| C,B)0 0 0.1 0.90 1 0.7 0.31 0 0.8 0.21 1 0.9 0.1

Belief Updating:P (lung cancer=yes | smoking=no, dyspnoea=yes ) = ?

MPE = find argmax P(S)· P(C|S)· P(B|S)· P(X|C,S)· P(D|C,B)

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A graphical model (X,D,F): X = {X1,…Xn} variables D = {D1, … Dn} domains F = {f1,…,fr} functions

(constraints, CPTS, CNFs …)

Operators: combination : Sum, product, join Elimination: projection, sum, max/min

Tasks: Belief updating: ΣX\Y∏j Pi

MPE\MAP: maxX∏j Pj

Marginal MAP: maxY ∑𝑋𝑋\Y∏j Pj

CSP: ∏X ×j Cj

Max-CSP: minXΣj Fj

Graphical Models

)( : CAFfi +==

A

D

B C

E

F

All these tasks are NP-hard exploit problem structure identify special cases approximate

A C F P(F|A,C)0 0 0 0.140 0 1 0.960 1 0 0.400 1 1 0.601 0 0 0.351 0 1 0.651 1 0 0.721 1 1 0.68

Conditional ProbabilityTable (CPT)

Primal graph(interaction graph)

A C Fred green blueblue red redblue blue green

green red blue

Relation

(𝐴𝐴⋁𝐶𝐶⋁𝐹𝐹)

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Example Domains for Graphical Models

Natural Language Processing− Information extraction, semantic parsing, translation, summarization, ...

Computer Vision− Object recognition, scene analysis, segmentation, tracking, ...

Computational Biology− Pedigree analysis, protein folding / binding / design, sequence matching,

...

Networks− Webpage link analysis, social networks, communications, citations, ...

Robotics− Planning & decision making, ...

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Max-product = min-sum max (A,B)

αα ϕϕ log' −=∑=α

αϕxxxAB

BA

x 'minarg,

*

∏=α

αϕxxxAB

BA

x,

* maxarg

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Tree-solving is easy

Belief updating (sum-prod)

MPE (max-prod)

CSP – consistency (projection-join)

#CSP (sum-prod)

P(X)

P(Y|X) P(Z|X)

P(T|Y) P(R|Y) P(L|Z) P(M|Z)

)(XmZX

)(XmXZ

)(ZmZM)(ZmZL

)(ZmMZ)(ZmLZ

)(XmYX

)(XmXY

)(YmTY

)(YmYT

)(YmRY

)(YmYR

Trees are processed in linear time and memoryCMU 2016

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Inference vs conditioning-search Inferenceexp(w*) time/space

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B C

E

F0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 1 01 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 01 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1

E

C

F

D

B

A 0 1 SearchExp(n) timeO(n) space

E K

F

L

H

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BA

M

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J

DABC

BDEF

DGF

EFH

FHK

HJ KLM

A=yellow A=green

B=blue B=red B=blueB=green

CK

G

LD

F H

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J

EACB K

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LD

F H

M

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CK

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LD

F H

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EC

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LD

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M

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EC

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LD

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ESearch+inference:Space: exp(w)Time: exp(w+c(w))

w: usercontrolled

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Inference vs conditioning-search Inferenceexp(w*) time/space

A

D

B C

E

F0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 1 01 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 01 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1

E

C

F

D

B

A 0 1 SearchExp(w*) timeO(w*) space

E K

F

L

H

C

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M

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DABC

BDEF

DGF

EFH

FHK

HJ KLM

A=yellow A=green

B=blue B=red B=blueB=green

CK

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F H

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EACB K

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ESearch+inference:Space: exp(q)Time: exp(q+c(q))

q: usercontrolled

Context minimal AND/OR search graph

18 AND nodes

AOR0ANDBOR

0ANDOR E

OR F FAND 0 1

AND 0 1

C

D D

0 1

0 1

1EC

D D0 1

1B

0E

F F0 1

C1

EC

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Outline Graphical models, Queries, Algorithms Inference Algorithms: bucket-elimination Bounded Inference: a) mini-bucket, b) cost-shifting AND/OR search spaces and AND/OR BnB Evaluation, Software Conclusions

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• Solving MAP by Inference:• Non-serial Dynamic programming• The induced-width/treewidth

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Computing the Optimal Cost SolutionThis image cannot currently be displayed.

0=emin

A

D E

CBB C

ED

Variable Elimination

bcde ,,,min0=

f(a,b)+f(a,c)+f(a,d)+f(b,c)+f(b,d)+f(b,e)+f(c,e)OPT =

f(a,c)+f(c,e) +c

min

),,,( ecdaCB→λ

f(a,b)+f(b,c)+f(b,d)+f(b,e)b

mind

min f(a,d) +

Combination

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Bucket Elimination

Elimination/Combination operators

bucket B:

bucket C:

bucket D:

bucket E:

bucket A:

Algorithm elim-opt [Dechter, 1996]Non-serial Dynamic Programming [Bertele & Briochi, 1973]

OPT =

F*=OPT

B

C

D

E

A

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Complexity of Bucket Elimination

Elimination/Combination operators

bucket B:

bucket C:

bucket D:

bucket E:

bucket A:

Algorithm elim-opt [Dechter, 1996]Non-serial Dynamic Programming [Bertele & Briochi, 1973]

OPT =

F*=OPT

B

C

D

E

A

exp(w*=4)“induced width” (max clique size)

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Generating the Optimal Assignment

C:

E:

B:

D:

A:

Return:

Time and space exponential in the induced-width / treewidth

O(n𝒌𝒌𝒘𝒘∗+𝟏𝟏)

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Complexity of Bucket Elimination

ddw ordering along graph of widthinduced the)(* −The effect of the ordering:

4)( 1* =dw 2)( 2

* =dw“Moral” graph

A

D E

CB

B

C

D

E

A

E

D

C

B

A

Bucket Elimination is time and space

r = number of functions

Finding the smallest induced width is hard!

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Bucket Elimination

A

f(A,B)B

f(B,C)C f(B,F)F

f(A,G) f(F,G)

Gf(B,E) f(C,E)

Ef(A,D) f(B,D) f(C,D)

D

hG (A,F)

hF (A,B)

hB (A)

hE (B,C)hD (A,B,C)

hC (A,B)

A B

CD

E

F

G

A

B

C F

GD E

Ordering: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G)

=+++++

+++++

),(),(),(),(),(),(),(),(),(),(),(max ,,,,,,

gffgaffbfecfebfdcfdbfdafcbfdafbafgfedcba

MessagesFinding max Assignment

argmax

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Outline Graphical models, Queries, Algorithms Inference Algorithms: bucket-elimination Bounded Inference: a) mini-bucket, b) cost-shifting AND/OR search spaces and AND/OR BnB Evaluation, Software Conclusions

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Bounding approximations: Generating a heuristic evaluation function

• The mini-bucket scheme• The cost-shifting or re-parameterization scheme• Combining the two

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Mini-Bucket ApproximationSplit a bucket into mini-buckets => bound complexity

bucket (X) =

)()()O(e :decrease complexity lExponentia n rnr eOeO −+→

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Mini-Bucket Eliminationmini-buckets

bucket A:

bucket E:

bucket D:

bucket C:

bucket B:

L = lower bound

[Dechter and Rish, 1997; 2003]

.A

B C

D E

A

B D

CE

B’

Model relaxation: [Kask et al., 2001]

[Geffner et al., 2007][Choi et al., 2007]

[Johnson et al. 2007]CMU 2016

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MBE-MPE(i) vs BE-MPE

Input: i – max number of variables allowed in a mini-bucket Output: [lower bound (P of a suboptimal solution), upper bound]

MBE-MPE(3) versus BE-MPE

A:

E:

D:

C:

B:

L = lower bound

A:

E:

D:

C:

B:

OPT

Max variables ina mini-bucket

3

3

3

2

1

[Dechter and Rish, 1997; 2003]CMU 2016

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Mini-Bucket Decoding

C:

E:

B:

D:

A:

Return:

[Dechter and Rish, 1997; 2003]

Greedy configuration = upper bound L = lower bound

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Properties of MBE(i) Complexity: O(n exp(i)) time and O(exp(i)) space Yields a lower bound and an upper bound Accuracy estimatable by the upper/lower (U/L) bounds Possible use of mini-bucket approximations:

− As anytime algorithms− As heuristics in search

Other tasks (similar mini-bucket approximations):− Belief updating, Marginal MAP, MEU, WCSP, MaxCSP

[Dechter and Rish, 1997], [Liu and Ihler, 2011], [Liu and Ihler, 2013]

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Bounding from above and belowRelaxation upper bound by mini-bucket

Consistent solutions ( greedy search)

MAP

i=10 i=20

i=5

i=2

Relaxation provides upper boundAny configuration: lower bound

How to partition given an i-bound?• Scope-based greedy• Content-based greedy• (Rollon & Dechter 2010)

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Outline Graphical models, Queries, Algorithms Inference Algorithms: bucket-elimination Bounded Inference: a) mini-bucket, b) cost-shifting AND/OR search spaces and AND/OR BnB Evaluation, Software Conclusions

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Cost-Shifting

+

= 0 + 6

A B C f(A,B,C)

b b b 12

b b g 6

b g b 0

b g g 6

g b b 6

g b g 0

g g b 6

g g g 12

A B f(A,B)

b b 6 + 3

b g 0 - 1

g b 0 + 3

g g 6 - 1

B C f(B,C)

b b 6 - 3

b g 0 - 3

g b 0 + 1

g g 6 + 1

(Reparameterization)

B λ(B)

b 3

g -1

B B

Modify the individual functions

- but -

keep the sum of functions unchanged

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Dual Decomposition

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Dual Decomposition

Reparameterization:

(Convex dual: linear programming relaxation)

Bound solution using decomposed optimization Solve independently: optimistic bound

Tighten the bound by reparameterization− Enforce lost equality constraints via Lagrange multipliers

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Dual Decomposition

Many names for the same class of bounds:− Dual decomposition [Komodakis et al. 2007]

− TRW, MPLP [Wainwright et al. 2005, Globerson & Jaakkola 2007]

− Soft arc consistency [Cooper & Schiex 2004]

− Max-sum diffusion [Warner 2007]

Reparameterization:

(Convex dual: linear programming relaxation)CMU 2016

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Various Update Schemes Can use any decomposition updates

(message passing, subgradient, augmented, etc.)

FGLP: Update the original factors

JGLP: Update clique function of the join graph

MBE-MM Update within each bucket only Apply cost-shifting within each bucket only

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Factor graph Linear Programming Update the original factors (FGLP)

Tighten all factors over over xi simultaneously Compute max-marginals & update:

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MBE-MM: MBE with moment matching

A

B C

D

E

P(A)

P(B|A) P(C|A)

P(E|B,C)

P(D|A,B)

Bucket B

Bucket C

Bucket D

Bucket E

Bucket A

P(B|A) P(D|A,B)P(E|B,C)

P(C|A)

E = 0

P(A)

maxB∏

hB (A,D)

MPE* is an upper bound on MPE --UGenerating a solution yields a lower bound--L

maxB∏

hD (A)

hC (A,E)

hB (C,E)

hE (A)W=2

m11

m12

m11,m12- moment-matchingmessages

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Anytime Approximation

Can tighten the bound in various ways

− Cost-shifting (improve consistency between cliques)

− Increase i-bound (higher order consistency)

Simple moment-matching step improves bound significantly

MBEMBE+MMMBE+JG

i = 1i = 3

i = 5i = 7

i = 9i = 11

i = 13i = 15

pedigree20

MBEMBE+MMMBE+JG

i = 1

i = 3

i = 5

i = 7i = 9 i = 11

i = 13

pedigree37

i = 1 + MM

i = 15 + MM

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Iterative tightening as bounding schemes

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Outline Graphical models, Queries, Algorithms Inference Algorithms: bucket-elimination Bounded Inference: a) mini-bucket, b) cost-shifting Generating heuristics using mini-bucket elimination AND/OR search spaces and AND/OR BnB Evaluation, Software Conclusions

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Properties of the Heuristic MB heuristic is monotone, admissible Computed in linear time

IMPORTANT− Heuristic strength can vary by MB(i) & message passing− Higher i-bound → more pre-processing

→ more accurate heuristic → less search

Allows controlled trade-off between pre-processing and search

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Outline Graphical models, Queries , Algorithms Inference Algorithms Bounded Inference: mini-bucket, cost-shifting AND/OR search spaces and AND/OR BnB Evaluation, Software Conclusions

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Classic OR Search Space

( )∑=

Χ=9

1

* mini

iX fF

A

E

C

B

F

D

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1

C

D

F

E

B

A 0 1

Objective function:

A B f10 0 20 1 01 0 11 1 4

A C f20 0 30 1 01 0 01 1 1

A E f30 0 00 1 31 0 21 1 0

A F f40 0 20 1 01 0 01 1 2

B C f50 0 00 1 11 0 21 1 4

B D f60 0 40 1 21 0 11 1 0

B E f70 0 30 1 21 0 11 1 0

C D f80 0 10 1 41 0 01 1 0

E F f90 0 10 1 01 0 01 1 2

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The AND/OR Search TreeA

E

C

B

F

D

A

D

B

EC

F

Pseudo tree (Freuder & Quinn85)

OR

AND

OR

AND

OR

OR

AND

AND

A

0

B

0

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

B

0

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

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The AND/OR Search TreeA

E

C

B

F

D

A

D

B

EC

F

Pseudo tree

OR

AND

OR

AND

OR

OR

AND

AND

A

0

B

0

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

B

0

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

A solution subtree is (A=0, B=1, C=0, D=0, E=1, F=1)CMU 2016

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AND/OR vs. OR Spaces

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1

C

D

F

E

B

A 0 1

OR

AND

OR

AND

OR

OR

AND

AND

A

0

B

0

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

B

0

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

A

E

C

B

F

D

A

D

B

EC

F54 nodes

126 nodes

Time O(𝒏𝒏𝒌𝒌𝒉𝒉)Space O(n)height is bounded by (log n) w*

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Weighted AND/OR Search Tree

( ) ( )∑=

Χ=Χ9

1min

iiX ff

A

E

C

B

F

D

Objective function:

A

D

B

EC

F

A

0

B

0

E

F F

0 1 0 1

OR

AND

OR

AND

OR

OR

AND

AND 0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

5 6 4 2 3 0 2 2

5 2 0 2

5 2 0 2

3 3

6

5

5

5

3 1 3 5

2

2 4 1 0 3 0 2 2

2 0 0 2

2 0 0 2

4 1

5

5 4 1 3

0

1

w(A,0) = 0 w(A,1) = 0

Node Value(bottom-up evaluation)

OR – minimizationAND – summation

A B f10 0 20 1 01 0 11 1 4

A C f20 0 30 1 01 0 01 1 1

A E f30 0 00 1 31 0 21 1 0

A F f40 0 20 1 01 0 01 1 2

B C f50 0 00 1 11 0 21 1 4

B D f60 0 40 1 21 0 11 1 0

B E f70 0 30 1 21 0 11 1 0

C D f80 0 10 1 41 0 01 1 0

E F f90 0 10 1 01 0 01 1 2

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Weighted AND/OR Search Tree

A

0

B

0

E

F F

0 1 0 1

OR

AND

OR

AND

OR

OR

AND

AND 0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

A

E

C

B

F

D

AB f10 0 201 010 111 4

A C f20 0 30 1 01 0 01 1 1

A E f30 0 00 1 31 0 21 1 0

A F f40 0 20 1 01 0 01 1 2

B C f50 0 00 1 11 0 21 1 4

B D f60 0 40 1 21 0 11 1 0

B E f70 0 30 1 21 0 11 1 0

C D f80 0 10 1 41 0 01 1 0

E F f90 0 10 1 01 0 01 1 2

5 6 4 2 3 0 2 2

5 2 0 2

5 2 0 2

3 3

6

5

5

5

3 1 3 5

2

2 4 1 0 3 0 2 2

2 0 0 2

2 0 0 2

4 1

5

5 4 1 3

0

0

1

B

0

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

5 6 4 2 1 2 0 4 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 4

6 4

7

7

5 2 1 0 2 0 1 0

5 2 1 0 2 0 1 0

4 2 4 0

0

0 2 5 2 2 5 3 0

1 4

A

D

B

EC

F

AND node = Combination operator (summation)

( )∑ =

9

1min :Goal

i iX Xf

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Pseudo-Trees(Freuder 85, Bayardo 95, Bodlaender and Gilbert, 91)

(a) Graph

4 61

3 2 7 5

(b) DFS treedepth=3

(c) pseudo- treedepth=2

(d) Chaindepth=6

4 6

1

3

2 7

5 2 7

1

4

3 5

6

4

6

1

3

2

7

5

m <= w* log n

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From Search Trees to Search Graphs

Any two nodes that root identical sub-trees or sub-graphs can be merged

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From Search Trees to Search Graphs

Any two nodes that root identical sub-trees or sub-graphs can be merged

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From AND/OR TreeA

D

B C

E

F

G H

J

K

A

D

B

CE

F

G

H

J

KAOR

0AND 1

BOR B

0AND 1 0 1

EOR C E C E C E C

OR D F D F D F D F D F D F D F D F

AND

AND 0 10 1 0 10 1 0 10 1 0 10 1

OR

OR

AND

AND

0

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

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An AND/OR GraphAOR

0AND 1

BOR B

0AND 1 0 1

EOR C E C E C E C

OR D F D F D F D F D F D F D F D F

AND

AND 0 10 1 0 10 1 0 10 1 0 10 1

OR

OR

AND

AND

0

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

G

H H

0 1 0 1

0 1

0

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

J

K K

0 1 0 1

0 1

A

D

B

CE

F

G

H

J

K

A

D

B C

E

F

G H

J

K

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Merging Based on Context One way of recognizing nodes that can be

merged (based on graph structure)context(X) = ancestors of X in the pseudo tree

that are connected to X, or to descendants of X

[ ]

[A]

[AB]

[AE][BC]

[AB]

A

D

B

EC

Fpseudo tree

A

E

C

B

F

D

A

E

C

B

F

D

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AND/OR Search Graph

( ) ( )∑=

Χ=Χ9

1min

iiX ff

A

E

C

B

F

D

Objective function:

A

D

B

EC

F

A B f10 0 20 1 01 0 11 1 4

A C f20 0 30 1 01 0 01 1 1

A E f30 0 00 1 31 0 21 1 0

A F f40 0 20 1 01 0 01 1 2

B C f50 0 00 1 11 0 21 1 4

B D f60 0 40 1 21 0 11 1 0

B E f70 0 30 1 21 0 11 1 0

C D f80 0 10 1 41 0 01 1 0

E F f90 0 10 1 01 0 01 1 2

context minimal graph

AOR

0AND

BOR

0AND

OR E

OR

AND

AND 0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

B

0

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

0 1

1

E

0 1

C

0 1

B C Value0 00 11 01 1

Cache table for D

[]

[A]

[AB]

[AE]

[AB]

[BC]

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How Big Is The Context?Theorem: The maximum context size for a

pseudo tree is equal to the treewidth of the graph along the pseudo tree.

C

HK

D

M

F

G

A

B

E

J

O

L

N

P

[AB]

[AF][CHAE]

[CEJ]

[CD]

[CHAB]

[CHA]

[CH]

[C]

[ ]

[CKO]

[CKLN]

[CKL]

[CK]

[C]

(C K H A B E J L N O D P M F G)

B A

C

E

F G

H

J

D

K M

L

N

OP

max context size = treewidth

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69

All Four Search Spaces

Full OR search tree

126 nodes

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1

CD

FE

BA 0 1

Full AND/OR search tree

54 AND nodes

AOR0ANDBOR

0AND

OR E

OR F F

AND 0 1 0 1

AND 0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

B

0

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

1

E

F F

0 1 0 1

0 1

C

D D

0 1 0 1

0 1

Context minimal OR search graph

28 nodes

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 1

0 1 0 1

0 1 0 1

CD

FE

BA 0 1

Context minimal AND/OR search graph

18 AND nodes

AOR0ANDBOR

0ANDOR E

OR F FAND 0 1

AND 0 1

C

D D

0 1

0 1

1

EC

D D

0 1

1

B

0

E

F F

0 1

C1

EC

A

E

C

B

F

D

Any query is best computedOver the c-minimal AO space

AND/OR graph OR graph

Space O(n kw*) O(n kpw*)

Time O(n kw*) O(n kpw*)

Computes any query:• Constraint satisfaction• Optimization• Weighted counting

A

D

B

EC

F

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The impact of the pseudo-tree C

0K

0H

0L

0 1N N

0 1 0 1

F F F

1 1

0 1 0 1F

G0 1

1

A0 1B B

0 1 0 1

E EE E0 1 0 1

J JJ J0 1 0 1

A0 1B B

0 1 0 1

E EE E0 1 0 1

J JJ J0 1 0 1

G0 1

G0 1

G01

M0 1

M0 1

M01

M01

P0 1

P0 1

O01

O01

O01

O01

L0 1N N

0 1 0 1

P0 1

P01

O01

O01

O01

O01

D0 1

D0 1

D0 1

D0 1

K0

H0

L0 1

N N0 1 0 1

1 1A

0 1B B

0 1 0 1

E EE E0 1 0 1

J JJ J0 1 0 1

A0 1B B

0 1 0 1

E EE E0 1 0 1

J JJ J0 1 0 1

P0 1

P0 1

O01

O01

O01

O01

L0 1

N N0 1 0 1

P0 1

P0 1

O01

O01

O01

O01

D01

D0 1

D0 1

D0 1

B A

C

E

F G

HJ

D

K ML

N

OP

C

HK

D

M

F

G

A

B

E

J

O

L

N

P[AB]

[AF][CHAE]

[CEJ]

[CD]

[CHAB]

[CHA]

[CH]

[C]

[ ]

[CKO]

[CKLN]

[CKL]

[CK]

[C]

(C K H A B E J L N O D P M F G)

(C D K B A O M L N P J H E F G)

F [AB]

G [AF]

J [ABCD]

D [C]

M [CD]

E [ABCDJ]

B [CD]

A [BCD]

H [ABCJ]

C [ ]

P [CKO]

O [CK]

N [KLO]

L [CKO]

K [C]

C

0 1D

0 1

N0 1

D0 1

K0 1

K0 1

B0 1

B0 1

B0 1

B0 1

M0 1

M0 1

M0 1

M0 1

A0 1

A0 1

A0 1

A0 1

A0 1

A0 1

A0 1

A0 1

F0 1

F0 1

F0 1

F0 1

G0 1

G0 1

G0 1

G0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

J0 1

E1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

E0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

H0 1

O0 1

O0 1

O0 1

O0 1

L0 1

L0 1

L0 1

L0 1

L0 1

L0 1

L0 1

L0 1

P0 1

P0 1

P0 1

P0 1

P0 1

P0 1

P0 1

P0 1

N0 1

N0 1

N0 1

N0 1

N0 1

N0 1

N0 1

What is a good pseudo-tree?How to find a good one?

W=4,h=8

W=5,h=6

Min-Fill(Kjaerulff90)

HypergraphPartitioning

(h-Metis)

• Optimization• Choose pseudo-tree with a minimal search graph• But determinism is unpredictable• And pruning by BnB is even more unpredictable

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Outline Graphical models, Queries, Algorithms Inference Algorithms: bucket-elimination Bounded Inference: a) mini-bucket, b) cost-shifting AND/OR search spaces andAND/OR Branch & Bound Evaluation, Software Summary and future work

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Basic Heuristic Search SchemesHeuristic function f(xp) computes a lower bound on the

best extension of xp and can be used to guide a heuristic search algorithm. We focus on:

1. Branch-and-BoundUse heuristic function f(xp) to prune the depth-first search treeLinear space

2. Best-First SearchAlways expand the node with the highest heuristic value f(xp) needs lots of memory

f ≤ L

L

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Classic Branch-and-Bound

n

g(n)

h(n) - under-estimatesOptimal cost below n

f(n) = g(n) + h(n)f(n) = lower bound

Prune if f(n) ≥ UB

(UB) Upper Bound = best solution so far

Each node is a COP subproblem(defined by current conditioning)

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Mini-bucket Heuristics for BB search( Kask and dechterAIJ, 2001, Kask, Dechter and Marinescu 2004, 2005, 2009, Otten 2012)

B

A

E

D

C

L

B: P(E|B,C) P(D|A,B)P(B|A)

A:

E:

D:

C: P(C|A) hB(E,C)

hB(D,A)

hC(E,A)

P(A) hE(A) hD(A)

f(a,e,D) = P(a)·hB(D,a)· hC(e,a)

A

B C

DE

a

e

h(x) computed by MB(i)before or during search

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AND/OR Branch-and-Bound

Decompositionof independentsubproblems

Cache tablefor F (indepen-

dent of A)

Prune basedon current best

solution andheuristic estimate

(mini-bucket heuristic).

v=10+2=12

h=14v=10 2

B0011

E0101

cost106......

[Marinescu & Dechter, AIJ'09]CMU 2016

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MAP: Anytime, Branch & Bound Best-First, Recursive Best-First Anytime:Breadth-Rotate AND/OR BnB (2011)Weighted heuristic AND/OR search (2014)

Finding m-best solutions Marginal map

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Empirical Evaluation(exact)

Grid and Pedigree benchmarks; Time limit 1 hour.

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Outline Graphical models, Queries, Algorithms Inference Algorithms: bucket-elimination Bounded Inference: a) mini-bucket, b) cost-shifting AND/OR search spaces and AND/OR BnB Evaluation, Software Conclusion

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DAOOPT: Improving AND/OR Branch-and-Bound for Graphical Models

(also won 2nd place uai 2014 as is)Lars Otten, Alexander Ihler,Kalev Kask, Rina Dechter

Dept. of Computer ScienceUniversity of California, Irvine

PASCAL 2012 Inference Challenge

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Our Solvers are being used:

Superlink online, software for linkage analysis (Geiger et. Al)

Figaro, probabilistic language (Avi Pfeffer)

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Software

aolib− http://graphmod.ics.uci.edu/group/Software(standalone AOBB, AOBF solvers)

daoopt− https://github.com/lotten/daoopt(distributed and standalone AOBB solver)

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UAI Probabilistic Inference Competitions

2006

2008

2011

2014

MPE/MAP MMAP

(aolib)

(aolib)

(daoopt)

(daoopt) (daoopt) (merlin)

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Conclusion Combining two “universal” lower-bounds scheme

(mpe/map) The mini-bucket scheme cost-shifting or re-parameterization, schemes

Exploiting bounds as heuristics in AND/OR search Yields BRAOBB that wins first place Pascal

competition 2011, over many benchmarks Future work: Dynamic heuristics and search

spaces

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