clique tree

noun

A tree-structured graph used to represent the structural relationships between the maximal cliques of an undirected graph, particularly chordal graphs.

Meanings

nounclique tree (plural clique trees)

plural clique trees

  1. machine learningcomputerA tree-structured graph used to represent the structural relationships between the maximal cliques of an undirected graph, particularly chordal graphs.

    Synonyms: join tree, junction tree

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tree-structured graph used to represent the structural relationships between the maximal cliques of an undirected graph, particularly chordal graphs.

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