Keyphrases
- partition function
- exact computation
- belief propagation
- markov random field
- approximate inference
- message passing
- upper bound
- free energy
- closed form
- importance sampling
- random fields
- graphical models
- structured prediction
- parameter estimation
- probability density function
- upper and lower bounds
- bayesian framework
- lower bound
- conditional random fields
- graph cuts
- special case
- stereo matching
- structure learning
- loopy belief propagation
- maximum likelihood estimation
- monte carlo
- machine learning
- pairwise
- variational methods
- random variables
- image segmentation
- image processing
- markov networks
- higher order
- expectation maximization