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CSDA
2007
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Variational approximations in Bayesian model selection for finite mixture distributions
Variational methods for model comparison have become popular in the neural computing/machine learning literature. In this paper we explore their application to the Bayesian analys...
Clare A. McGrory, D. M. Titterington
NIPS
2003
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The IM Algorithm: A Variational Approach to Information Maximization
The maximisation of information transmission over noisy channels is a common, albeit generally computationally difficult problem. We approach the difficulty of computing the mutua...
David Barber, Felix V. Agakov
UAI
2004
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Graph Partition Strategies for Generalized Mean Field Inference
An autonomous variational inference algorithm for arbitrary graphical models requires the ability to optimize variational approximations over the space of model parameters as well...
Eric P. Xing, Michael I. Jordan