Fast Variational Inference in the Conjugate Exponential Family.
James HensmanMagnus RattrayNeil D. LawrencePublished in: NIPS (2012)
Keyphrases
- exponential family
- variational inference
- maximum likelihood
- closed form
- graphical models
- log likelihood
- statistical models
- variational methods
- density estimation
- missing values
- mixed membership
- mixture model
- hidden variables
- order statistics
- approximate inference
- dirichlet process
- markov networks
- probability density function
- markov chain monte carlo
- probabilistic inference
- belief propagation
- em algorithm