Published July 1, 1986 | Version v1
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Lizards

Description

This datset is set about the perching behaviour of two species of lizards in the South Bimini island, from Shoener (1968).

 

Task: The dataset can be used to study causal discovery algorithms.

 

Summary: 

  • Size of dataset: 409 x 3
  • Task: Causal Discovery
  • Data Type: Binary
  • Dataset Scope: Standalone
  • Ground Truth: Known / Estimated
  • Temporal Structure: Static
  • License: TBD
  • Missing Values: No

 

Missingness Statement: There are no missing values.

 

Features:

  • Species: This binary variable (Sagrei / Distichus) specifies the lizard's species.
  • Diameter: This binary variable (narrow / wide) classifies the lizard's diameter.
  • Height: This binary variable (low / heigh) classifies the lizard's height.

Files

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Additional details

Related works

Is documented by
10.1007/978-1-4757-3502-4_6 (DOI)

References

  • Schoener TW (1968). "The Anolis Lizards of Bimini: Resource Partitioning in a Complex Fauna." Ecology, 49(4):704–726.
  • Scutari M (2010). "Learning Bayesian Networks with the bnlearn R Package." Journal of Statistical Software, 35(3), 1–22. doi:10.18637/jss.v035.i03