Variational free energy and the Laplace approximation

Karl Friston; Jérémie Mattout; Nelson J. Trujillo‐Barreto; John Ashburner; W.D. Penny

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.08.035

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Restricted maximum likelihoodHyperparameterLaplace's methodModel selectionContext (archaeology)Applied mathematicsMathematicsBayes' theoremMathematical optimizationLikelihood functionPrior probabilitySelection (genetic algorithm)Laplace transformCovarianceBayesian probabilityBayes factorFunction (biology)Simple (philosophy)Linear modelComputer scienceAlgorithmEstimation theoryStatisticsArtificial intelligenceMathematical analysis

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Year: 2006
Type: article
Volume: 34
Issue: 1
Pages: 220-234
Citations: 920
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                                    Karl Friston, 
                                
                                    Jérémie Mattout, 
                                
                                    Nelson J. Trujillo‐Barreto
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2006). 
                            Variational free energy and the Laplace approximation. 
                            NeuroImage
                            , 34
                            (1)
                            , 220-234.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.08.035
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.08.035