FedGES: A Federated Learning Approach for BN Structure Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01538v1
• Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 17:16:02 GMT
• Title: FedGES: A Federated Learning Approach for BN Structure Learning
• Authors: Pablo Torrijos, José A. Gámez, José M. Puerta,
• Abstract summary: This research introduces Federated GES (FedGES), a novel Federated Learning approach tailored for BN structure learning in decentralized settings. FedGES uniquely addresses privacy and security challenges by exchanging only evolving network structures, not parameters or data.
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• Abstract: Bayesian Network (BN) structure learning traditionally centralizes data, raising privacy concerns when data is distributed across multiple entities. This research introduces Federated GES (FedGES), a novel Federated Learning approach tailored for BN structure learning in decentralized settings using the Greedy Equivalence Search (GES) algorithm. FedGES uniquely addresses privacy and security challenges by exchanging only evolving network structures, not parameters or data. It realizes collaborative model development, using structural fusion to combine the limited models generated by each client in successive iterations. A controlled structural fusion is also proposed to enhance client consensus when adding any edge. Experimental results on various BNs from {\sf bnlearn}'s BN Repository validate the effectiveness of FedGES, particularly in high-dimensional (a large number of variables) and sparse data scenarios, offering a practical and privacy-preserving solution for real-world BN structure learning.

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