[PDF][PDF] A variational approach to Bayesian phylogenetic inference

C Zhang, FA Matsen IV - Journal of Machine Learning Research, 2024 - jmlr.org
Bayesian phylogenetic inference is currently done via Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)
with simple proposal mechanisms. This hinders exploration efficiency and often requires …

Accurate Bayesian phylogenetic point estimation using a tree distribution parameterized by clade probabilities

L Berling, J Klawitter, R Bouckaert, D Xie… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Bayesian phylogenetic analysis with MCMC algorithms generates an estimate of the
posterior distribution of phylogenetic trees in the form of a sample of phylogenetic trees and …

Representing and extending ensembles of parsimonious evolutionary histories with a directed acyclic graph

W Dumm, M Barker, W Howard-Snyder… - Journal of Mathematical …, 2023 - Springer
In many situations, it would be useful to know not just the best phylogenetic tree for a given
data set, but the collection of high-quality trees. This goal is typically addressed using …

Skeletons in the Forest: Using Entropy-Based Rogue Detection on Bayesian Phylogenetic Tree Distributions

J Klawitter, RR Bouckaert, AJ Drummond - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
In a phylogenetic analysis, rogue taxa and clades are those that, due to their uncertain
placement, contribute disproportionally to the variance in a set of phylogenetics trees. They …

Finding high posterior density phylogenies by systematically extending a directed acyclic graph

C Jennings-Shaffer, DH Rich, M Macaulay… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Bayesian phylogenetics typically estimates a posterior distribution, or aspects thereof, using
Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. These methods integrate over tree space by applying …