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Variational Message Passing

Algorithm for approximate Bayesian inference based on mean-field approximation.

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  • Variational Bayes
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    Mathematical framework for approximating posterior beliefs; converts exact Bayesian inference into optimization.

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  • Message Passing
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    Traditional parallel programming model requiring explicit point-to-point communication; Linda generalizes this via tuple spaces.

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