Title :
Normal factor graphs: A diagrammatic approach to linear algebra
Author :
Al-Bashabsheh, Ali ; Mao, Yongyi ; Vontobel, Pascal O.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
fDate :
July 31 2011-Aug. 5 2011
Abstract :
Inspired by some new advances on normal factor graphs (NFGs), we introduce NFGs as a simple and intuitive diagrammatic approach towards encoding some concepts from linear algebra. We illustrate with examples the workings of such an approach and settle a conjecture of Peterson on the Pfaffian.
Keywords :
graph theory; linear algebra; Peterson conjecture; Pfaffian approach; diagrammatic approach; linear algebra; normal factor graph; Communities; Compounds; Graphical models; Information theory; Linear algebra; Tensile stress; Tin;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory Proceedings (ISIT), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
St. Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0596-0
Electronic_ISBN :
2157-8095
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2011.6033944
