1-D Cluster Variation Method: Simple Text String Worked Example (Part 1)

Today, we focus on getting the entropy term in the 1-D cluster variation method (the 1D CVM), using a simple text string as the basis for our worked example. This blog is in-progress. Please check back tomorrow for the updated version. Thank you! – AJM Our End Goal Our end goal – the reason that… Continue reading 1-D Cluster Variation Method: Simple Text String Worked Example (Part 1)

Variational Free Energy and Active Inference: Pt 4

Today, we interpret the q(Psi | r) and p(Psi, s, a, r | m) in Friston’s (2013) “Life as We Know It” (Eqn. 2.7) and Friston et al. (2015) “Knowing One’s Place” (Eqn. 3.2). This discussion moves forward from where we left off in the previous post, identifying how Friston’s notation builds on Beal’s (2003)… Continue reading Variational Free Energy and Active Inference: Pt 4