Given a decomposable graph, we characterize and enumerate the set of pairs of vertices whose connection or disconnection results in a new graph that is also decomposable. We discuss the relevance of this results to Markov chain Monte Carlo methods that sample or optimize over the space of decomposable graphical models according to probabilities determined by a posterior distribution given obser...

The junction tree representation provides an attractive structural property for organizing a decomposable graph. In this study, we present a novel stochastic algorithm which we call the Christmas tree algorithm for building of junction trees sequentially by adding one node at a time to the underlying decomposable graph. The algorithm has two important theoretical properties. Firstly, every junc...

We define the decomposition property for partial actions of discrete groups on C⁎-algebras. Decomposable systems appear naturally in practice, and many commonly occurring can be decomposed into with property. For instance, any action a finite group is an iterated extension decomposable systems. Partial are always globalizable amenable, regardless acting group, their globalization explicitly des...