Package edu.cmu.tetrad.search.utils

Class MaxP

java.lang.Object

edu.cmu.tetrad.search.utils.MaxP

public final class MaxP
extends Object

Performs a Max-P orientation of unshielded triples in a graph.

Ramsey, J. (2016). Improving accuracy and scalability of the pc algorithm by maximizing p-value. arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.00378.

Version:

$Id: $Id

Author:

josephramsey

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MaxP(IndependenceTest test)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	orient(Graph graph)	Adds colliders to the given graph using the max P rule.
void	setConflictRule(PcCommon.ConflictRule conflictRule)	Sets the PC conflict rule to use for orientation.
void	setDepth(int depth)	Setter for the field depth.
void	setKnowledge(Knowledge knowledge)	Sets the knowledge to use for orientation.
void	setMaxDiscriminatingPathLength(int maxDiscriminatingPathLength)	Sets the maximum length of any discriminating path.
void	setUseHeuristic(boolean useHeuristic)	Sets whether the max P heuristic should be used.
void	setVerbose(boolean verbose)	Sets the verbose flag.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

MaxP

public MaxP(IndependenceTest test)

Constructor.

Parameters:

test - The test to use for orienting colliders using the Max-P rule.

Method Details

orient

public void orient(Graph graph)
            throws InterruptedException

Adds colliders to the given graph using the max P rule.

Parameters:

graph - The graph to orient.

Throws:

InterruptedException

setDepth

public void setDepth(int depth)

Setter for the field depth.

Parameters:

depth - The depth of search for the Fast Adjacency Search.

setUseHeuristic

public void setUseHeuristic(boolean useHeuristic)

Sets whether the max P heuristic should be used.

Parameters:

useHeuristic - True, if so.

setMaxDiscriminatingPathLength

public void setMaxDiscriminatingPathLength(int maxDiscriminatingPathLength)

Sets the maximum length of any discriminating path.

Parameters:

maxDiscriminatingPathLength - the maximum length of any discriminating path, or -1 if unlimited.

setConflictRule

public void setConflictRule(PcCommon.ConflictRule conflictRule)

Sets the PC conflict rule to use for orientation.

Parameters:

conflictRule - This rule.

See Also:

• PcCommon.ConflictRule

setKnowledge

public void setKnowledge(Knowledge knowledge)

Sets the knowledge to use for orientation.

Parameters:

knowledge - This knowledge.

setVerbose

public void setVerbose(boolean verbose)

Sets the verbose flag.

Parameters:

verbose - The boolean value indicating whether to enable verbose logging.