Tag Archives: Monte Carlo Markov Chain

LM101-067: How to use Expectation Maximization to Learn Constraint Satisfaction Solutions (Rerun)

Contrastive Divergence Learning in pattern recognition machines as a neurally plausible theory of why people dream.

LM101-067: How to use Expectation Maximization to Learn Constraint Satisfaction Solutions (Rerun) Episode Summary: In this episode we discuss how to learn to solve constraint satisfaction inference problems. The goal of the inference process is to infer the most probable values for unobservable variables. These constraints, however, can be learned from experience. Specifically, the important machine learning method… Read More »

LM101-066: How to Solve Constraint Satisfaction Problems using MCMC Methods (Rerun)

Robot trying to solve a probabilistic constraint satisfaction problem.

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LM101-066: How to Solve Constraint Satisfaction Problems using MCMC Methods (Rerun) Episode Summary: In this episode we discuss how to solve constraint satisfaction inference problems where knowledge is represented as a large unordered collection of complicated probabilistic constraints among a collection of variables. The goal of the inference process is to infer the most probable values of the… Read More »

LM101-064: Stochastic Model Search and Selection with Genetic Algorithms (Rerun)

Monte Carlo Markov Chain Genetic Algorithms for Model Selection

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LM101-064: Stochastic Model Search and Selection with Genetic Algorithms (Rerun) Episode Summary: In this episode we explore the concept of evolutionary learning machines. That is, learning machines that reproduce themselves in the hopes of evolving into more intelligent and smarter learning machines. This is a rerun of Episode 24. Show Notes: Hello everyone! Welcome to the twenty-fourth podcast in… Read More »

LM101-053: How to Enhance Learning Machines with Swarm Intelligence (Particle Swarm Optimization)

A swarm of robots.

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LM101-053: How to Enhance Learning Machines with Swarm Intelligence (Particle Swarm Optimization) Episode Summary: In this 53rd episode of Learning Machines 101, we introduce the concept of a Swarm Intelligence with respect to Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms. The essential idea of “Swarm Intelligence” is that you have a group of individual entities which behave in a coordinated manner… Read More »

LM101-043: How to Learn a Monte Carlo Markov Chain to Solve Constraint Satisfaction Problems (Rerun)

Contrastive Divergence Learning in pattern recognition machines as a neurally plausible theory of why people dream.

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LM101-043: How to Learn a Monte Carlo Markov Chain to Solve Constraint Satisfaction Problems (Rerun of Episode 22) Welcome to the 43rd Episode of Learning Machines 101! We are currently presenting a subsequence of episodes covering the events of the recent Neural Information Processing Systems Conference. However, this week will digress with a rerun of Episode 22 which… Read More »

LM101-042: What happened at the Monte Carlo Markov Chain Inference Methods Tutorial at the 2015 Neural Information Processing Systems Conference?

Overview of the events at the first day of the NIPS 2015 conference focussing on the MCMC tutorial.

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LM101-042: What happened at the Monte Carlo Inference Methods Tutorial at the 2015 Neural Information Processing Systems Conference? Episode Summary: This is the second of a short subsequence of podcasts providing a summary of events associated with Dr. Golden’s recent visit to the 2015 Neural Information Processing Systems Conference. This is one of the top conferences in the… Read More »

LM101-024: How to Use Genetic Algorithms to Breed Learning Machines (Stochastic Model Search and Selection)

Monte Carlo Markov Chain Genetic Algorithms for Model Selection

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Episode Summary: In this episode we explore the concept of evolutionary learning machines. That is, learning machines that reproduce themselves in the hopes of evolving into more intelligent and smarter learning machines. Show Notes: Hello everyone! Welcome to the twenty-fourth podcast in the podcast series Learning Machines 101. In this series of podcasts my goal is to discuss… Read More »

LM101-022: How to Learn to Solve Large Constraint Satisfaction Problems (Expectation Maximization)

Contrastive Divergence Learning in pattern recognition machines as a neurally plausible theory of why people dream.

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Episode Summary: In this episode we discuss how to learn to solve constraint satisfaction inference problems. The goal of the inference process is to infer the most probable values for unobservable variables. These constraints, however, can be learned from experience. Show Notes: Hello everyone! Welcome to the twenty-second podcast in the podcast series Learning Machines 101. In this… Read More »

LM101-021: How to Solve Large Complex Constraint Satisfaction Problems (Monte Carlo Markov Chain)

Robot trying to solve a probabilistic constraint satisfaction problem.

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Episode Summary: In this episode we discuss how to solve constraint satisfaction inference problems where knowledge is represented as a large unordered collection of complicated probabilistic constraints among a collection of variables. The goal of the inference process is to infer the most probable values of the unobservable variables given the observable variables. Show Notes: Hello everyone! Welcome… Read More »