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A method for simplifying models by removing parameters that don't contribute; applied to eliminate the self-boundary prior.
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- Formal description of the transition to post-duality.
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- Formal mechanism by which the separation prior sigma is pruned from the generative model
- Bayesian model reduction formalises post-hoc hypothesis testing to simplify the generative model.claim0.843Definition of Bayesian model reduction, Section 9.1.
- Bayesian model reduction removes the structural partition prior once evidence shows it is unnecessary, yielding a post-dual agent.
- Choosing among candidate models based on model evidence.
- The probability of sensory data under a generative model; negative log evidence is bounded by free energy.
- Validation that BMR correctly identifies and prunes wrong connections in the likelihood mapping
- Adding new states or parameters to the generative model if it increases model evidence, enabling concept learning.
- RL variant that maintains beliefs over environment model; compared to active inference using Thompson sampling.