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forward-backward algorithm

noun

Definitions

  1. An inference algorithm for hidden Markov models which computes the posterior marginals of…

    An inference algorithm for hidden Markov models which computes the posterior marginals of all hidden state variables given a sequence of observations/emissions. It uses dynamic programming to compute the values in two passes, the first going forward in time and the second backward.

  2. Any algorithm belonging to the general class that operate on sequence models in a…

    Any algorithm belonging to the general class that operate on sequence models in a forward-backward manner.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for forward-backward algorithm. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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