Convexifying the Bethe Free Energy
Ofer MeshiAriel JaimovichAmir GlobersonNir FriedmanPublished in: CoRR (2012)
Keyphrases
- bethe free energy
- free energy
- fixed point
- belief propagation
- approximate inference
- upper bound
- graphical models
- sufficient conditions
- competitive learning
- posterior distribution
- message passing
- loopy belief propagation
- markov random field
- unsupervised learning
- parameter estimation
- dynamical systems
- higher order
- least squares