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3 claims from 2 papers

1. Computer Science › Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference

   Factor graphs and the sum-product algorithm

   Kschischang, Frey and Loeliger · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory · 2001

   This tutorial presents the sum-product algorithm, a message-passing method on factor graphs, and shows that many algorithms in AI, signal processing and communications are special cases of it.

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   1. UncheckedA single simple rule in the sum-product algorithm computes, exactly or approximately, various marginal functions derived from a complicated global function.“Following a single, simple computational rule, the sum-product algorithm computes-either exactly or approximately-various marginal functions derived from the global function.”

2. Earth and Planetary Sciences › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

   Learning earth system models from observations: machine learning or data assimilation?

   Geer · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 2021

   The article sets out how data assimilation and machine learning can be unified through Bayesian networks, so as to make better use of observations to improve earth system models.

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   1. UncheckedData assimilation and machine learning are both inverse methods and can be brought together within a Bayesian (probabilistic) framework.“DA and ML have many similarities: they are both inverse methods that can be united under a Bayesian (probabilistic) framework.”
   2. UncheckedBayesian networks can't be solved fully, but approximate methods from data assimilation and machine learning could make them a practical way to unite the two.“Their full Bayesian solution is not computationally feasible but these networks can be solved with approximate methods already used in DA and ML, so they could provide a practical framework for the unification of the two.”