Normal Factor Graphs: A Diagrammatic Approach to Linear Algebra
Information Theory
2012-09-18 v2 math.IT
Abstract
Inspired by some new advances on normal factor graphs (NFGs), we introduce NFGs as a simple and intuitive diagrammatic approach towards encoding some concepts from linear algebra. We illustrate with examples the workings of such an approach and settle a conjecture of Peterson on the Pfaffian.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1102.5755,
title = {Normal Factor Graphs: A Diagrammatic Approach to Linear Algebra},
author = {Ali Al-Bashabsheh and Yongyi Mao and Pascal O. Vontobel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.5755},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
ISIT2011, Saint-Petersburg, Russia