Together they form the undirected edge as required by factor graphs. Since we are operating on a factor graph with cycles, we initiate all messages from variable nodes to factor nodes with values 1 ...

Abstract: The partition function of a factor graph and the partition function of the dual factor graph are related to each other by the normal factor graph duality theorem. We apply this result to the ...

For standard factor graphs (S-FGs), i.e., factor graphs with local functions taking on non-negative real values, Vontobel gave a characterization of the Bethe approximation to the partition function ...

A factor graph in this framework is composed of two primary classes of components: factors and variables. Factors are the functions we use to compute our priors, and Variables represent the posterior ...

Validation of the factor structure of the Experiences Questionnaire using Exploratory Graph Analysis Updated. A correction has been applied to this ... be mediated by changes in both within-network ...

According to factor graph theory, factor graph G describes the factorization of the function f (χ), expressed as f ( χ ) = ∏ i f ( χ i ) , ( 26 ) In the multi-source information factor graph framework ...