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networkx.algorithms.moral.moral_graph

moral_graph(G)

Return the Moral Graph

Returns the moralized graph of a given directed graph.

Parameters

G (NetworkX graph) – Directed graph

Returns

H – The undirected moralized graph of G

Return type

NetworkX graph

Notes

A moral graph is an undirected graph H = (V, E) generated from a directed Graph, where if a node has more than one parent node, edges between these parent nodes are inserted and all directed edges become undirected.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_graph

References

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Wray L. Buntine. 1995. Chain graphs for learning. In Proceedings of the Eleventh conference on Uncertainty in artificial intelligence (UAI’95)