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This paper considers the problem of tracking a large-scale number of group targets. Usually, multi-target in most tracking scenarios are assumed to have independent motion and are well-separated. However, for group target tracking (GTT),…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-26 Xuqi Zhang , Fanqin Meng , Haiqi Liu , Xiaojing Shen , Yunmin Zhu

We introduce a new cluster-cumulant expansion (CCE) based on the fixed points of iterative belief propagation (IBP). This expansion is similar in spirit to the loop-series (LS) recently introduced in [1]. However, in contrast to the latter,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-10-19 Max Welling , Andrew E. Gelfand , Alexander T. Ihler

The canonical problem of solving a system of linear equations arises in numerous contexts in information theory, communication theory, and related fields. In this contribution, we develop a solution based upon Gaussian belief propagation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-07-12 Danny Bickson

Electric power systems require accurate, scalable, distributed, and near real-time state estimation (SE) to support reliable monitoring and control under increasingly complex operating conditions. Limited monitoring capabilities can lead to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Mirsad Cosovic , Armin Teskeredzic , Antonello Monti , Dejan Vukobratovic

Belief Propagation (BP) is a message-passing algorithm for approximate inference over Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGMs), finding many applications such as computer vision, error-correcting codes, and protein-folding. While general, the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-09-26 Mark Van der Merwe , Vinu Joseph , Ganesh Gopalakrishnan

Belief propagation (BP) is a powerful tool to solve distributed inference problems, though it is limited by short cycles in the corresponding factor graph. Such cycles may lead to incorrect solutions or oscillatory behavior. Only for…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-02-08 Christopher Lindberg , Julien M. Hendrickx , Henk Wymeersch

Belief propagation (BP) is a message-passing heuristic for statistical inference in graphical models such as Bayesian networks and Markov random fields. BP is used to compute marginal distributions or maximum likelihood assignments and has…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-11-15 Tobias Brunsch , Kamiel Cornelissen , Bodo Manthey , Heiko Röglin

Belief propagation is a widely used message passing method for the solution of probabilistic models on networks such as epidemic models, spin models, and Bayesian graphical models, but it suffers from the serious shortcoming that it works…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-04-27 Alec Kirkley , George T. Cantwell , M. E. J. Newman

The canonical problem of solving a system of linear equations arises in numerous contexts in information theory, communication theory, and related fields. In this contribution, we develop a solution based upon Gaussian belief propagation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-10-08 Ori Shental , Danny Bickson , Paul H. Siegel , Jack K. Wolf , Danny Dolev

The belief propagation (BP) algorithm is an efficient way to solve "inference" problems in graphical models, such as Bayesian networks and Markov random fields. The system-state probability distribution of CSMA wireless networks is a Markov…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-07-15 Cai Hong Kai , Soung Chang Liew

Loopy belief propagation (LBP), which is equivalent to the Bethe approximation in statistical mechanics, is a message-passing-type inference method that is widely used to analyze systems based on Markov random fields (MRFs). In this paper,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-11-16 Muneki Yasuda , Shun Kataoka , Kazuyuki Tanaka

We present a novel parametric message representation for belief propagation (BP) that provides a novel grid-based way to address the cooperative localization problem in wireless networks. The proposed Grid-BP approach allows faster…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-09-11 Panagiotis-Agis Oikonomou-Filandras , Kai-Kit Wong , Yangyang Zhang

We present a novel distributed Gauss-Newton method for the non-linear state estimation (SE) model based on a probabilistic inference method called belief propagation (BP). The main novelty of our work comes from applying BP sequentially…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-28 Mirsad Cosovic , Dejan Vukobratovic

Belief propagation (BP) is a message-passing method for solving probabilistic graphical models. It is very successful in treating disordered models (such as spin glasses) on random graphs. On the other hand, finite-dimensional lattice…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-02-17 Hai-Jun Zhou , Wei-Mou Zheng

Belief Propagation (BP) is a simple probabilistic inference algorithm, consisting of passing messages between nodes of a graph representing a probability distribution. Its analogy with a neural network suggests that it could have…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Vincent Bouttier , Renaud Jardri , Sophie Deneve

Belief Propagation (BP) is an efficient message-passing algorithm widely used for inference in graphical models and for solving various problems in statistical physics. However, BP often yields inaccurate estimates of order parameters and…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Seongmin Kim , Alec Kirkley

The paper presents an iterative version of join-tree clustering that applies the message passing of join-tree clustering algorithm to join-graphs rather than to join-trees, iteratively. It is inspired by the success of Pearl's belief…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-01-07 Rina Dechter , Kalev Kask , Robert Mateescu

Graphical models for finite-dimensional spin glasses and real-world combinatorial optimization and satisfaction problems usually have an abundant number of short loops. The cluster variation method and its extension, the region graph…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2013-07-29 Haijun Zhou , Chuang Wang

Precise coordinated planning over a forward time window enables safe and highly efficient motion when many robots must work together in tight spaces, but this would normally require centralised control of all devices which is difficult to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-01-27 Aalok Patwardhan , Riku Murai , Andrew J. Davison

We apply Guo and Wang's relaxed belief propagation (BP) method to the estimation of a random vector from linear measurements followed by a componentwise probabilistic measurement channel. Relaxed BP uses a Gaussian approximation in standard…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-05-19 Sundeep Rangan