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Latent class model (LCM), which is a finite mixture of different categorical distributions, is one of the most widely used models in statistics and machine learning fields. Because of its non-continuous nature and the flexibility in shape,…
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We present a method for fast inference in Capsule Networks (CapsNets) by taking advantage of a key insight regarding the routing coefficients that link capsules between adjacent network layers. Since the routing coefficients are responsible…