UAI 2014 Inference Competition

Result file Format

The first line must contain only the task solved: PR|MPE|MAR|MMAP. The rest of the file will contain the solution for the task. Solvers can write more then one solution by writing -BEGIN- at the head of the new solution. We will only consider the last solution in the file. In the example below the task we choose is PR. We have two solutions. The format of the <SOLUTION> part will be described below.

PR
<SOLUTION>
-BEGIN-
<SOLUTION>

The solution format are as follows depending on the task

• Partition function, PR: Line with the value of the log10 of the partition function. For example, an approximation log10 Pr(e) = -0.2008 which is known to be an upper bound may have a solution line:

-0.2008

• Most probable explanation, MPE: A space separated line that includes:

  • the number n of model variables, and

  • the MPE instantiation, a list of value indices for all n variables.

For example, an input model with 3 binary variables may have a solution line:

3 0 1 0

• Marginals, MAR: A space separated line that includes:

  • The number of variables in the model.

  • A list of marginal approximations of all the variables. For each variable its cardinality is first stated, then the probability of each state is stated. The order of the variables is the same as in the model, all data is space separated.

For example, a model with 3 variables, with cardinalities of 2, 2, 3 respectively. The solution might look like this:

3 2 0.1 0.9 2 0.3 0.7 3 0.2 0.2 0.6

• Marginal MAP, MMAP: A space separated line that includes:

  • The number q of query variables

  • the most probable instantiation, a list of variable value pairs for all q variables.

For example, if the solution is an assignment of 0, 1 and 0 to three query variables indexed by 2 3 and 4 respectively, the solution will look as follows

3 2 0 3 1 4 0

If a solver does not produce a solution by the given time, it would be considered as having failed on the instance.