Approximate inference methods make it possible to learn realistic models from big data by trading off computation time for accuracy, when exact learning and inference are computationally intractable.
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References edit
- ^ "Approximate Inference and Constrained Optimization". Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence - UAI: 313–320. 2003.
- ^ "Approximate Inference". Retrieved 2013-07-15.
External links edit
- Tom Minka, Microsoft Research (Nov 2, 2009). "Machine Learning Summer School (MLSS), Cambridge 2009, Approximate Inference" (video lecture).