• DocumentCode
    2856846
  • Title

    Extending monte carlo methods to factor graphs with negative and complex factors

  • Author

    Molkaraie, Mehdi ; Loeliger, Hans-Andrea

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol. & Electr. Eng., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    3-7 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    362
  • Lastpage
    366
  • Abstract
    The partition function of a factor graph can sometimes be accurately estimated by Monte Carlo methods. In this paper, such methods are extended to factor graphs with negative and complex factors.
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; graph theory; Monte Carlo method; factor graph; graph complex factor; graph negative factor; graph partition function; Conferences; Estimation; Fourier transforms; Information theory; Monte Carlo methods; Partitioning algorithms; Quantum mechanics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Theory Workshop (ITW), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lausanne
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0224-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0222-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITW.2012.6404694
  • Filename
    6404694
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2856846