Relation between VMP and Mean Field (Migrated from community.research.microsoft.com)

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  smh0816 posted on 10-11-2010 7:13 AM

  I heard that VMP is a generalization of Mean-field method,

  which can be applied to MRF network similarly with Loopy belief propagation as introduced in Weiss’ 2001 paper:

  “Comparing the mean field method and belief propagation for approximate inference in MRFs”

  If I use VMP for a MRF network (with discrete unary and binary constraints),

  is it the same with Mean field method introduced in Weiss’ 2001 paper?

  Friday, June 3, 2011 6:05 PM