Probabilistic Models with Deep Neural Networks
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Masegosa Arredondo, Andrés Ramón; Cabañas de Paz, Rafael; Langseth, Helge; Nielsen, Thomas Dyhre; Salmerón Cerdán, AntonioDate
2021-01-18Abstract
Recent advances in statistical inference have significantly expanded the toolbox of probabilistic modeling. Historically, probabilistic modeling has been constrained to very restricted model classes, where exact or approximate probabilistic inference is feasible. However, developments in variational inference, a general form of approximate probabilistic inference that originated in statistical physics, have enabled probabilistic modeling to overcome these limitations: (i) Approximate probabilistic inference is now possible over a broad class of probabilistic models containing a large number of parameters, and (ii) scalable inference methods based on stochastic gradient descent and distributed computing engines allow probabilistic modeling to be applied to massive data sets. One important practical consequence of these advances is the possibility to include deep neural networks within probabilistic models, thereby capturing complex non-linear stochastic relationships between the random ...
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deep probabilistic modeling
variational inference
neural networks
latent variable models
Bayesian learning