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Book update: Staged Tree Models: With Applications in R

10 Oct 2026

The book Staged Tree Models: With Applications in R by Manuele Leonelli and Gherardo Varando is forthcoming with CRC Press. The code in the book requires stagedtrees 2.4.0 or later, which will be released on CRAN; until then the development version can be installed from GitHub.


PGM 2026 in València

11 Sep 2026

The 13th International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM 2026) took place in València on 9-11 September 2026, with Manuele Leonelli and Gherardo Varando as programme chairs.


Paper published in Bayesian Analysis

07 Jul 2026

Bayesian causal effect estimation for categorical data using staged tree models at url (preprint on arXiv)


Preprint: Estimating staged event tree models via hierarchical clustering on the simplex

16 Mar 2026

Estimating staged event tree models via hierarchical clustering on the simplex by Muhammad Shoaib, Eva Riccomagno, Manuele Leonelli and Gherardo Varando is available on arXiv.


Preprint: Staged event trees for transparent treatment effect estimation

30 Sep 2025

Staged event trees for transparent treatment effect estimation by Gherardo Varando, Manuele Leonelli, Jordi Cerdà-Bautista, Vasileios Sitokonstantinou and Gustau Camps-Valls is available on arXiv.


Staged trees for discrete longitudinal data in Metrika

26 Jan 2025

Staged trees for discrete longitudinal data at url


trees4cat workshop held in Genoa

24 Oct 2024

The trees4cat Workshop on trees for categorical data took place at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Genoa on 21-23 October 2024, opening with a tutorial on software for staged tree models.


Paper published in Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

01 Oct 2024

Robust learning of staged tree models: A case study in evaluating transport services at url


PGM 2024

10 Sep 2024

Two papers accepted at PGM2024!


Paper published in Metrika

10 Mar 2024

Staged trees and asymmetry-labeled DAGs at url


Paper published in Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery

20 Feb 2024

Structural learning of simple staged trees at url


stagedtrees v2.3.0

14 Feb 2024

A new version of the stagedtrees package (v2.3.0) is available on CRAN, with new structural learning algorithms for simple and context-specific staged trees, random generation of staged trees and faster internal computations.


Paper published in Applied Intelligence

01 Feb 2024

Learning and interpreting asymmetry-labeled DAGs: A case study on COVID-19 fear at url


Paper published in Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

07 Jan 2024

Using staged tree models for health data: Investigating invasive fungal infections by Aspergillus and other filamentous fungi at url


Paper published in Knowledge-Based Systems

14 Jun 2023

A new class of generative classifiers based on staged tree models at url




stagedtrees accompanying paper published in JSS

05 Feb 2022

The accompanying paper of the stagedtrees R package has been published in the Journal of Statistical Software url.


stagedtrees v2.2.0

10 Jul 2021

A new minor version of the stagedtrees package is available on CRAN.


stagedtrees v2.0.0

03 Dec 2020

A major update of stagedtrees (v2.0.0) is available on CRAN.


stagedtrees preprint and new version

15 Apr 2020

Preprint describing stagedtrees is available on arxiv.


stagedtrees v1.0.1

13 Jan 2020

The new version of the R-package stagedtrees is available on CRAN.