Bethe Approximation

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• If one were to use the Bethe approximation, the corresponding dynamics coincide with belief propagation.claim0.808
  Alternative free energy approximation yields belief propagation.
• Mean-Field Approximationmethod0.737
  Variational technique used in active inference to tractably compute posterior beliefs.
• Postpone Approximationsclaim0.728
  Approximations and prunings compose badly; cleaner to maintain precise infinite semantics until final extraction
• Marginal Free Energy Approximationframework0.709
  Biologically plausible approximation lying between mean-field and Bethe approximations.
• By minimising variational free energy, agents perform approximate Bayesian inference.claim0.691
  Describes the epistemic function of variational free energy.
• Accuracy Criterionconcept0.690
  Criterion requiring that model's description of internal state be accurate, distinguishing genuine introspection from confabulation.
• The marginal free energy currently stands as the most biologically plausible approximation.claim0.689
  Evaluation of various free energy approximations, Section 4.2.
• Approximate Posterior (Q)concept0.687
  Factorised distribution used to approximate the true Bayesian posterior.