Ing. Václav Kratochvíl, Ph.D.
research fellow
Department:
Department of Decision-Making Theory
Research interests:
Uncertainty theories, Decision-making, Applications, Managerial decisioning, Probabilistic methods in AI, Data mining,
Biography
Publication list
Education
2013-2014, PostDoc position, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
- Working on: De Bruin-Erdös theorem for metric spaces, random numbers generation
- Supervisor: Vašek Chvátal
2012, PhD, Mathematical Engineering, Czech Technical University
- Thesis title: Compositional models: solution of an equivalence problem
- Supervisor: Radim Jiroušek
Employment history
- 2005-present, ÚTIA, Czech Academy of Sciences
- 2013-2014, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
- 2006-2023, Faculty of Management, University of Economics, Prague
- 2003-2005, Software 602, a.s.
Software
- MUDIM - R package to support work with probabilistic compositional models (joint work with R. Jiroušek)
- Criterion to Recognize Extreme Supermodular Games (joint work with M. Studený)
- Criterion for Extremity of Exact and Supermodular Games (joint work with M. Studený)
- Criterion to Recognize Extreme Exact Games (joint work with M. Studený)
- Catalogue of Min-balanced set Systems up to |N| = 5 (joint work with M. Studený)
- Catalogue of Permutational Types of Indecomposable Min-semi-balanced set Systems (joint work with M. Studený)
(Co)organizing conferences
- ECSQARU 2021
- PGM2018
- ParaoptXI
- IGAIA IV
- WUPES workshop series
- Belief'16
- Czech Japan Seminars 2013, 2018, 2024
Program committee member
- UAI conference series (since 2016)
- International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF) series (since 2018)
- PGM2018, PGM2022, PGM2024
- WUPES workshop series
- Czech-Japanese Seminars series
Special Issues Co-Editor
- Kybernetika, Special issue dedicated to selected papers from WUPES 2012
- IJAR, Special issue dedicated to selected papers from WUPES 2015
- IJAR, Special issue dedicated to selected papers from BELIEF 2016
- IJGS, Special issue dedicated to selected papers from WUPES 2018
- IJAR, Special issue dedicated to selected papers from WUPES 2022
Scientific societies member
- SIPTA - The Society for Imprecise Probabilities: Theories and Applications
- BFAS - The Belief Functions and Applications Society
Research team member
- Efficiency of Carbon Reduction Policies (GACR 21-07494S)
- Managerial Decisions: Rationality of Paradoxical Behavior (GACR GA19-06569S)
- Conditional independence structures: methods of polyhedral geometry (GA19-04579S)
- Verb Class Analysis Accelerator for Low-Resource Languages - RoboCorp (GA20-18407)
- Compositional models for data mining (MOST-18-04)
- Conditional independence structures: combinatorial and optimization methods (GA16-12010S)
Other activities
- reviewer of 4 international journals
- guest editor of Kybernetika, IJAR
- editor of several conference proceedings
Award
- Best Paper Award at the 2021 IEEE ICTE - Leading Digital Transformation in Business and Society
Books and chapters
- Discrete Compositional Models for Data Mining, MatfyzPress (Praha, 2019) Download [2019] :
Journal articles
- Multi-criteria decision making beyond consistency: An alternative to AHP for real-world industrial problems, Computers & Industrial Engineering 198 Download Download DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2024.110661 [2024] :
- Structural learning of mixed noisy-OR Bayesian networks, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 161 Download Download DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2023.108990 [2023] :
- Computing the decomposable entropy of belief-function graphical models, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 161 Download Download DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2023.108984 [2023] :
- On conditional belief functions in directed graphical models in the Dempster-Shafer theory, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 160 Download Download DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2023.108976 [2023] :
- Entropy for evaluation of Dempster-Shafer belief function models, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 151 1 (2022), p. 164-181 Download Download DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2022.09.009 [2022] :
- Multi-criteria decision analysis without consistency in pairwise comparisons, Computers & Industrial Engineering 168 Download Download DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2022.108089 [2022] :
- Facets of the cone of exact games, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 95 1 (2022), p. 35-80 Download Download DOI: 10.1007/s00186-022-00770-4 [2022] :
- Aspectual pairing and aspectual classes in Abui, STUF-Language Typology and Universals 74, p. 621-657 Download Download DOI: 10.1515/stuf-2021-1046 [2021] :
- The dual polyhedron to the chordal graph polytope and the rebuttal of the chordal graph conjecture, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 138 1 (2021), p. 188-203 Download Download DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2021.07.014 [2021] :
- Foundations of compositional models: inference, International Journal of General Systems 50 4 (2021), p. 409-433 Download Download DOI: 10.1080/03081079.2021.1895142 [2021] :
- Hidden Conflicts of Belief Functions, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems 14 1 (2021), p. 438-452 Download DOI: 10.2991/ijcis.d.201008.001 [2021] :
- On subjective expected value under ambiguity, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 127 1 (2020), p. 70-82 Download Download DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2020.09.002 [2020] :
- A Note on Approximation of Shenoy's Expectation Operator Using Probabilistic Transforms, International Journal of General Systems 49 1 (2020), p. 48-63 Download Download DOI: 10.1080/03081079.2019.1692006 [2020] :
- Linear criterion for testing the extremity of an exact game based on its finest min-representation, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 101 1 (2018), p. 49-68 Download DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2018.06.007 [2018] :
- Influence diagrams for speed profile optimization, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 88 1 (2017), p. 567-586 Download DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2016.11.018 [2017] :
- Foundations of compositional models: structural properties, International Journal of General Systems 44 1 (2015), p. 2-25 Download DOI: 10.1080/03081079.2014.934370 [2015] :
- Probabilistic Compositional Models: solution of an equivalence problem, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 54 5 (2013), p. 590-601 Download DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2013.01.002 [2013] :
- Characteristic Properties of Equivalent Structures in Compositional Models, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 52 5 (2011), p. 599-612 Download DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2010.12.005 [2011] :
Other publications
- A tribute to Klir’s research on entropy for belief functions, Proceedings of the 24th Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making, p. 42-51 Download Download [2024] :
- On cardinalities of different degrees of Belief functions conjunctive conflictness, Proceedings of the 24th Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making, p. 14-25 Download Download [2024] :
- Proceedings of the 24th Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making, ÚTIA AV ČR (Praha, 2024) Download Download [2024] :
- Entropy-Based Search for the Most Informative Belief Functions, Combining, Modelling and Analyzing Imprecision, Randomness and Dependence, p. 192-199 Download Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-65993-5_23 [2024] :
- On Open Problems Associated with Conditioning in the Dempster-Shafer Belief Function Theory, Proceedings of the 23rd Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making under Uncertainty, p. 1-10, Eds: Yoshifumi Kusunoki, Václav Kratochvíl, Masahiro Inuiguchi, Ondřej Čepek Download [2023] :
- On the relationship between graphical and compositional models for the Dempster-Shafer theory of belief functions, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, Volume 215: International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications,, p. 259-269 Download [2023] :
- On Conditional Belief Functions in the Dempster-Shafer Theory, Belief Functions: Theory and Applications. BELIEF 2022, p. 207-218, Eds: Le Hégarat-Mascle Sylvie, Bloch Isabelle, Aldea Emanuel Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17801-6_20 [2022] :
- Automatic Verb Classifier for Abui (AVC-abz), Proceedings of the Workshop on Resources and Technologies for Indigenous, Endangered and Lesser-resourced Languages in Eurasia within the 13th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, p. 42-50 Download [2022] :
- Learning Noisy-Or Networks with an Application in Linguistics, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, Volume 186 : Proceedings of The 11th International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models, p. 277-288, Eds: Salmerón Antonio, Rumí Rafael Download [2022] :
- Modeling the spread of loanwords in South-East Asia using sailing navigation software and Bayesian networks, Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing, p. 135-146, Eds: Studený Milan, Ay Nihat, Coletti Giulianella, Kleiter Gernot D., Shenoy Prakash P. Download [2022] :
- Classes of Conflictness / Non-Conflictness of Belief Functions, Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing, p. 97-110, Eds: Studený Milan, Ay Nihat, Coletti Giulianella, Kleiter Gernot D., Shenoy Prakash P. Download [2022] :
- Two Composition Operators for Belief Functions Revisited, Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing, p. 123-134, Eds: Studený Milan, Ay Nihat, Coletti Giulianella, Kleiter Gernot D., Shenoy Prakash P. Download [2022] :
- Computing the Decomposable Entropy of Graphical Belief Function Models, Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing, p. 111-122, Eds: Studený Milan, Ay Nihat, Coletti Giulianella, Kleiter Gernot D., Shenoy Prakash P. Download [2022] :
- Measuring Quality of Belief Function Approximations, Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making, p. 3-15, Eds: Honda Katsuhiro, Entani Tomoe, Ubukata Seiki, Huynh Van-Nam, Inuiguchi Masahiro Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-98018-4_1 [2022] :
- Ambiguity effect: decision-making influenced by lack of information, 2021 IEEE International Conference on Technology and Entrepreneurship (ICTE) Download DOI: 10.1109/ICTE51655.2021.9584706 [2021] :
- Comparison of Shades and Hiddenness of Conflict, Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty. 16th European Conference, ECSQARU 2021 Proceedings, p. 314-327, Eds: Vejnarová J., Wilson N. Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86772-0_23 [2021] :
- Entropy-Based Learning of Compositional Models from Data, Belief Functions: Theory and Applications - 6th International Conference, BELIEF 2021 - Proceedings, p. 117-126, Eds: Denœux T., Lefèvre E., Liu Z., Pichon F. Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-88601-1_12 [2021] :
- A novel approach to handle intransitive judgements in industrial control problems, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation (MAS 2021), p. 162-169, Eds: Bruzzone A. G., De Felice F., Massei M., Solis A. Download DOI: 10.46354/i3m.2021.mas.020 [2021] :
- Approximations of belief functions using compositional models, Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty. 16th European Conference, ECSQARU 2021 Proceedings, p. 354-366, Eds: Vejnarová J., Wilson N. Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86772-0_26 [2021] :
- Dual formulation of the chordal graph conjecture, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, Volume 138: International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models, 23-25 September 2020, Hotel Comwell Rebild Bakker, Skørping, Denmark, p. 449-460, Eds: Nielsen T. D., Jaeger M. Download [2021] :
- A General Approach to Probabilistic Data Mining, Sensor Networks and Signal Processing, p. 325-340, Eds: Peng Sheng-Lung, Favorskaya Margarita N., Chao Han-Chieh Download DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4917-5_25 [2021] :
- Performance of Probabilistic Approach and Artificial Neural Network on Questionnaire Data Concerning Taiwanese Ecotourism, Sensor Networks and Signal Processing, p. 283-295, Eds: Peng Sheng-Lung, Favorskaya Margarita N., Chao Han-Chieh Download DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4917-5_22 [2021] :
- Compositional Models: Iterative Structure Learning from Data, Sensor Networks and Signal Processing, p. 379-395, Eds: Peng Sheng-Lung, Favorskaya Margarita N., Chao Han-Chieh Download DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4917-5_28 [2021] :
- On Experimental Part of Behavior under Ambiguity, Proceedings of the 22nd Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making (CJS’19), p. 83-94, Eds: Inuiguchi Masahiro, Jiroušek Radim, Kratochvíl Václav Download [2019] :
- Preliminary Results from Experiments on the Behavior under Ambiguity, Proceedings of the 22nd Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making (CJS’19), p. 53-64, Eds: Inuiguchi Masahiro, Jiroušek Radim, Kratochvíl Václav Download [2019] :
- A Step towards Upper-bound of Conflict of Belief Functions based on Non-conflicting Parts, Proceedings of the 22nd Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making (CJS’19), p. 29-40, Eds: Inuiguchi Masahiro, Jiroušek Radim, Kratochvíl Václav Download [2019] :
- Proceedings of the 22nd Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making, MatfyzPress (Praha, 2019) Download [2019] :
- On Expected Utility Under Ambiguity, Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty : 15th European Conference, ECSQARU 2019, Belgrade, Serbia, September 18-20, 2019, p. 137-147, Eds: Kern-Isberner G., Ognjanovic Z. Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29765-7_12 [2019] :
- Belief Functions and Degrees of Non-conflictness, Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty : 15th European Conference, ECSQARU 2019, Belgrade, Serbia, September 18-20, 2019, p. 125-136, Eds: Kern-Isberner G., Ognjanovic Z. Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29765-7_11 [2019] :
- On Hidden Conflicts of Belief Functions, Proceedings of the 2019 Conference of the International Fuzzy Systems Association and the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT 2019), p. 504-511 Download DOI: 10.2991/eusflat-19.2019.70 [2019] :
- On irreducible min-balanced set systems, Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty : 15th European Conference, ECSQARU 2019, Belgrade, Serbia, September 18-20, 2019, p. 444-454, Eds: Kern-Isberner G., Ognjanovic Z. Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29765-7_37 [2019] :
- Hidden Conflict of Belief Functions, Proceedings of the 21st Czech-Japan Seminar od Data Analysis and Decision Making, p. 31-40, Eds: Sung Shao-Chin, Vlach Milan Download [2018] :
- Efficient implementation of compositional models for data mining, Proceedings of the 21st Czech-Japan Seminar od Data Analysis and Decision Making, p. 80-87, Eds: Sung Shao-Chin, Vlach Milan Download [2018] :
- Compositional Models for Data Mining: an Example, Proceedings of the 21st Czech-Japan Seminar od Data Analysis and Decision Making, p. 90-101, Eds: Sung Shao-Chin, Vlach Milan Download [2018] :
- On attempts to characterize facet-defining inequalities of the cone of exact games, Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing (WUPES’18), p. 177-187, Eds: Kratochvíl Václav, Vejnarová Jiřina Download [2018] :
- Comparison of Shenoy’s Expectation Operator with Probabilistic Transforms and Perez’ Barycenter, Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing (WUPES’18), p. 87-95, Eds: Kratochvíl Václav, Vejnarová Jiřina Download [2018] :
- About Two Consonant Conflicts of Belief Functions, Proceedings of the 11 th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing, p. 61-74, Eds: Kratochvíl Václav, Vejnarová Jiřina Download [2018] :
- Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing, MatfyzPress (Praha, 2018) Download [2018] :
- Dynamic Bayesian Networks for the Classification of Sleep Stages, Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing (WUPES’18), p. 205-215, Eds: Kratochvíl Václav, Vejnarová Jiřina Download [2018] :
- Hidden Auto-Conflict in the Theory of Belief Functions, Proceedings of the 20th Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making under Uncertainty, p. 34-45, Eds: Novák V., Inuiguchi M., Štěpnička M. Download [2017] :
- Linear core-based criterion for testing extreme exact games, Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, p. 313-324, Eds: Antonucci A., Corani G., Couso I., Destercke S. Download [2017] :
- Parametric Optimization and Related Topics XI, MatfyzPress (Praha, 2017) Download [2017] :
- Solving Trajectory Optimization Problems by Influence Diagrams, Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty. ECSQARU 2017, p. 146-155, Eds: Antonucci A., Cholvy L., Papini O. Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61581-3_14 [2017] :
- IPFP and Further Experiments, Belief Functions: Theory and Applications, p. 164-173, Eds: Vejnarová Jiřina, Kratochvíl Václav Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45559-4_17 [2016] :
- Belief Functions: Theory and Applications /4th International Conference, BELIEF 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, September 21-23, 2016, Proceedings/, Springer International Publishing (Cham, 2016) Download DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45559-4 [2016] :
- Information Geometry and its Applications IV, MatfyzPress (Praha, 2016) Download [2016] :
- Influence Diagrams for the Optimization of a Vehicle Speed Profile, Proceedings of the Twelfth UAI Bayesian Modeling Applications Workshop (BMAW 2015) co-located with the 31st Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI 2015), p. 44-53, Eds: Agosta J. M., Carvalho R. N. Download [2016] :
- Influence diagrams for speed profile optimization" computational issues, Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing WUPES’15, p. 203-216 Download [2015] :
- Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing, Oeconomica (Praha, 2015) Download [2015] :
- On Open Problems Connected with Application of the Iterative Proportional Fitting Procedure to Belief Functions, Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories adn Applications, p. 149-158 Download [2013] :
- An attempt to implement Compositional Models in Dempster-Shafer theory of Evidence, Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing, p. 102-113, Eds: Kroupa Tomáš, Vejnarová Jiřina Download [2012] :
- Probabilistc Compositional Models: solution of an equivalence problem, Czech Technical University (Praha, 2012) Download [2012] :
- Predikce hospitalizační mortality u akutního infarktu myokardu, Sborník příspěvků MEDSODFT 2011, p. 128-138 Download [2011] :
- Conditioning and Flexibility in Compositional Models, Proceedings of 14th Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making under Uncertainty CJS 2011, p. 66-73 Download [2011] :
- Relationship between properties characterizing independence equivalence in Bayesian networks and compositional models, Proceedings of the 13th Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making in Service Science, p. 49-54, Eds: Itoh Takeshi , Suzuki Kenichi Download [2010] :
- Motivatio for different characterization of Equivalent Persegrams, Proceedings ot the 12th Czech-Japan seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making under Uncertainty, p. 67-78, Eds: Novák Vilém, Pavliska Viktor, Štěpnička Martin Download [2009] :
- Equivalence Problem in Compositional Models, WUPES'09, p. 133-143, Eds: Kroupa T., Vejnarová J. Download [2009] :
- An Effective Algorithm to Search Reductions in Compositional Models, Proceedings of Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making under Uncertainty /10./, p. 75-86, Eds: Kroupa T., Vejnarová J. [2007] :
- An evaluation of string similarity measures on pricelists of computer components, Proceedings of Czech-Japan Seminar on Data Analysis and Decision Making under Uncertainty /10./, p. 1-6, Eds: Kroupa T., Vejnarová J. [2007] :
- Marginalization algorithm for compositional models, IPMU 2006. Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, p. 2300-2307, Eds: Bouchon-Meunier B., Yager R. R. [2006] :