Overview

This section describes the graphical user interface (GUI) of Tetrad: how to load data, build and edit graphs, run search algorithms, inspect results, and use additional tools like simulation, grid search, and the Markov checker.

Tetrad’s GUI is organized around a few core ideas:

• A project workspace where data, graphs, and results live as nodes in a tree.

• A main window with tabs/panels for editing graphs, configuring searches, and viewing output.

• A set of tools and wizards that wrap common workflows (simulation, grid search, model checking, etc.).

The pages in this section give a task-oriented tour of the interface.

• Main Window
  • Project tree
  • Work area and tabs
  • Menus and toolbar
  • Status bar, logging pane, and messages
• Working with Data
  • Importing data
  • Viewing and editing data
  • Linking data and graphs
  • Saving and exporting data
• Graph Editor
  • Opening and creating graphs
  • Basic editing operations
  • Layout and visualization
  • Background knowledge and tiers
  • Saving and exporting graphs
• Running Algorithms
  • Launching a search
  • Choosing tests and scores
  • Setting parameters
  • Running and monitoring
  • Re-running with modified settings
• Estimate model parameters
  • Basic workflow
  • Inspecting the fitted model
  • Relationship to graphs and search
  • Where to look next
• Viewing and Exporting Results
  • Graph results
  • Tabular and numeric results
  • Exporting graphs and tables
  • Reusing results in pipelines
• Simulation and Utilities
  • Simulating data on the workbench
  • Resampling and bootstrap workflows
  • Grid Search (overview)
  • Other utilities

Each page focuses on how to accomplish a specific set of tasks in the GUI, rather than describing the underlying algorithms in detail (those are covered in the Search Algorithms and Tests & Scores sections).

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