Causal Theories: A Categorical Perspective on Bayesian Networks · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1301.6201/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTCausal Theories: A Categorical Perspective on Bayesian Networks — mentioned by thraway180306https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16680934urn:hackerpapers:mention:1301.6201:16680934Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:53:24 GMT<p>About ML-related research, Fong also piqued my interest earlier with his categorification of almost PGMs. Though it didn&#x27;t inspire him or anyone to bring effective methods of algebra to PGM and improve the base theory, making the exercise really shine. So like with many categorification research it&#x27;s just a 72-page statement „it can be done”. Brendan Fong (2012) Causal Theories: A Categorical Perspective on Bayesian Networks https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.6201</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1301.6201/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>math.PR