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What's the variance in the Six Degrees model?
Recall the six degrees of Kevin Bacon game. You can even play the game at The Oracle of Bacon, and their search works via Breadth First Search.
I interpret the punchline as saying that if I start ...
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Asymptotic results on statistical graph models
This post is partly inspired by this post.
Reference request: results on the asymptotic distribution of singular values related to a random orthogonal matrix
While it is well-known that two basic ...
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What is the number of iterations needed for the message passing algorithm to converge when applied to an acyclic factor graph?
I understand that the message passing algorithm (Belief Propagation algorithm), when applied to a factor graph consists in an exchange in messages between the factor nodes and the variable nodes, ...