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| and_or_kl [2024/06/20 19:44] – [And, Or, and the Two KL Projections] pedroortega | and_or_kl [2024/07/26 18:53] (current) – pedroortega | ||
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| ====== And, Or, and the Two KL Projections ====== | ====== And, Or, and the Two KL Projections ====== | ||
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| > I discuss the difference between minimizing the KL-divergence with respect to the first and second argument, and will conclude that they correspond to AND and OR operations on distributions, | > I discuss the difference between minimizing the KL-divergence with respect to the first and second argument, and will conclude that they correspond to AND and OR operations on distributions, | ||
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| + | //Cite as: Ortega, P.A. "And, Or, and the Two KL Projections", | ||
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| Oftentimes I see people wondering about the meaning of the two KL-projections: | Oftentimes I see people wondering about the meaning of the two KL-projections: | ||
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| Thus, it turns out that sequential predictions can be regarded as an alternation | Thus, it turns out that sequential predictions can be regarded as an alternation | ||
| between OR and AND operations, first to express our uncertainty over the hypotheses, | between OR and AND operations, first to express our uncertainty over the hypotheses, | ||
| - | and second to incorporate new evidence, respectively. | + | and second to incorporate new evidence, respectively. |