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Exact Inference for Nested Discrete Probabilistic Programs (Remote)
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Nesting probabilistic programs is a powerful mechanism to express metareasoning and planning problems. Nested Inference, however, is a challenging task because of both tractability and formalization issues. In this work, we propose to perform exact (nested) inference for nested discrete probabilistic programs through an operational semantics based on probabilistic pushdown automata. Thereby, nested inference is reduced to solving a monotone system of polynomial equations. We report on some preliminary experimental results comparing our approach with the probabilistic programming language WebPPL.
Extended abstract (LAFI_25___Pontiggia-Bartocci-Chiari.pdf) | 536KiB |
This program is tentative and subject to change.
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09:00 5mDay opening | Welcome LAFI | ||
09:06 20mIndustry talk | Industry Talk: Basis AI LAFI | ||
09:27 15mTalk | Towards Symbolic Execution for Probability and Non-determinism LAFI Jack Czenszak Northeastern University, John Li Northeastern University, Steven Holtzen Northeastern University | ||
09:43 15mTalk | Lazy Knowledge Compilation for Discrete PPLs LAFI Maddy Bowers Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alexander K. Lew Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Joshua B. Tenenbaum Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vikash K. Mansinghka Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Armando Solar-Lezama Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
09:59 15mTalk | Reasoning About Sampling Without Sampling: Atomic Machines for Contextual Equivalence in Probabilistic Programs LAFI Anthony D'Arienzo University of Illinois and Sandia National Laboratories, Jon Aytac Sandia National Laboratories | ||
10:15 15mTalk | Exact Inference for Nested Discrete Probabilistic Programs (Remote) LAFI File Attached |