Skip to main content
Search type Search syntax
Tags [tag]
Exact "words here"
Author user:1234
user:me (yours)
Score score:3 (3+)
score:0 (none)
Answers answers:3 (3+)
answers:0 (none)
isaccepted:yes
hasaccepted:no
inquestion:1234
Views views:250
Code code:"if (foo != bar)"
Sections title:apples
body:"apples oranges"
URL url:"*.example.com"
Saves in:saves
Status closed:yes
duplicate:no
migrated:no
wiki:no
Types is:question
is:answer
Exclude -[tag]
-apples
For more details on advanced search visit our help page
Results tagged with
Search options not deleted user 3293

Also called Probabilistic Graphical Model, used for statistical models expressed via graphs, causal or not. (Nb, "graph" as in graph theory, *not* as in figure or plot).

2 votes
Accepted

Probabilistic Logical Graphical models like Markov Logic networks etc

They are first-order models in the sense that you can use variables (not random variables!) and predicates to declare your model. This is basically the same as template models (such as dynamic Bayesia …
ziggystar's user avatar
  • 1,644
2 votes

Bayesian network to factor graph

A factor graph is a bipartite graph with variable and factor nodes. So adjacent to variable nodes should be only factor nodes and vice versa. Also by convention, variables are drawn with circles and f …
ziggystar's user avatar
  • 1,644
2 votes
1 answer
332 views

Does a Bayesian network include the CPTs?

I'm preparing slides for a lecture, and I require some guidance. I'm only talking about discrete variables. How would you formally define the concepts surrounding Bayesian networks? A Bayesian net …
ziggystar's user avatar
  • 1,644
1 vote

What are the general strategies in creating a Probabilistic Graphical Model?

Your best bet would be reading research papers that use those models for some task. I assume that this task will most often be classification. I know of one book about applications of BNs: Bayesian …
ziggystar's user avatar
  • 1,644
3 votes
Accepted

The meaning of convergence in Variational Inference?

At least for (loopy) Belief Propagation (BP), the formula used to compute the partition function only holds at the convergence point. Note that in the following I'm talking about BP and the Bethe appr …
ziggystar's user avatar
  • 1,644