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Sufficient Conditions for Convergence of Loopy Belief Propagation

We derive novel sufficient conditions for convergence of Loopy Belief Propagation (also known as the Sum-Product algorithm) to a unique fixed point. Our results improve upon previously known conditions. For binary variables with (anti-)ferromagnetic interactions, our conditions seem to be sharp.

Hilbert J. Kappen | Joris M. Mooij | H. Kappen | J. Mooij

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