An alternative view of variational Bayes and asymptotic approximations of free energy.

Kazuho Watanabe

Published in: Mach. Learn. (2012)

Keyphrases

free energy
variational bayes
upper bound
fixed point
belief propagation
competitive learning
expectation propagation
posterior distribution
approximate inference
graphical models
neural network
graph cuts
sufficient conditions
latent variables
energy minimization
markov random field
least squares