IVivan_ah·Dec 30, 2018
Daft seems pretty cool, but kind of verbose. You should check out this TikZ package for graphical models: https://github.com/jluttine/tikz-bayesnet
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tikz-bayesnet
TikZ library for drawing Bayesian networks, graphical models and (directed) factor graphs in LaTeX.
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TikZ library for drawing Bayesian networks, graphical models and (directed) factor graphs in LaTeX.
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TikZ (and all the abstractions you can build on it) is one of my favorite parts of the LaTeX ecosystem. At its core is a layout engine where you describe how nodes and lines…
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2 sourcesTikZ (and all the abstractions you can build on it) is one of my favorite parts of the LaTeX ecosystem. At its core is a layout engine where you describe how nodes and lines are laid out relative to others, and it spaces everything for you. https://github.com/jluttine/tikz-bayesnet , for instance, is a lightweight wrapper that lets you represent graphical models with code like:
\node[latent, left=of y, yshift=0.5cm] (mu) {$\mu$} ;
Now that I'm no longer in academia, I've lost my muscle memory for the syntax, but every time I need to build a flowchart, I think back on this with fondness. If someone were to repackage this with a cloud-based IDE and autocomplete (maybe using something like https://latexbase.com/ ), maybe slightly kinder syntax, I could see it meeting a business need even for non-technical users who are fed up with the d
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ifficulty of "fitting something in" in a large PowerPoint flowchart.
There's also http://sketch4latex.sourceforge.net/ for 3D drawing, which is equally cool.