An Empirical Study of Methods for SPN Learning and Inference

Cory J. Butz, Jhonatan de S. Oliveira, André E. dos Santos, André L. Teixeira, Pascal Poupart, Agastya Kalra

Abstract: In this study, we provide an empirical comparison of methods for \emph{sum-product network} (SPN) learning and inference. LearnSPN is a popular algorithm for learning SPNs that utilizes chop and sl...