Advanced mean field methods : theory and practice / edited by Manfred Opper and David Saad.
Contributor(s): Saad, David
| Opper, Manfred | IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].
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BookSeries: Neural information processing series: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, c2001Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2001]Description: 1 PDF (xiii, 273 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262281058.Subject(s): Mean field theoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleOnline resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction / Manfred Opper and David Saad -- 2. From Naive Mean Field Theory to the TAP Equations / Manfred Opper and Ole Winther -- 3. An Idiosyncratic Journey Beyond Mean Field Theory / Jonathan S. Yedidia -- 4.
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"Bringing together ideas and techniques from diverse disciplines, this book covers the theoretical foundations of advanced mean field methods, explores the relation between the different approaches, examines the quality of the approximation obtained, and demonstrates their application to various areas of probabilistic modeling."--BOOK JACKET.
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