摘要翻译：
本文通过建立一个将Bethe自由能的Hessian与边zeta函数联系起来的公式，提出了一种分析循环置信传播(LBP)的新方法。该公式对LBP有一定的理论意义。利用它给出了Bethe自由能的Hessian正定的充分条件，证明了多圈图的非凸性。该公式阐明了LBP不动点的局部稳定性与Bethe自由能的局部极小值之间的关系。我们还提出了一种新的LBP不动点唯一性的方法，并给出了唯一性的各种条件。
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英文标题：
《Graph Zeta Function in the Bethe Free Energy and Loopy Belief
  Propagation》
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作者：
Yusuke Watanabe and Kenji Fukumizu
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最新提交年份：
2010
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分类信息：

一级分类：Computer Science        计算机科学
二级分类：Artificial Intelligence        人工智能
分类描述：Covers all areas of AI except Vision, Robotics, Machine Learning, Multiagent Systems, and Computation and Language (Natural Language Processing), which have separate subject areas. In particular, includes Expert Systems, Theorem Proving (although this may overlap with Logic in Computer Science), Knowledge Representation, Planning, and Uncertainty in AI. Roughly includes material in ACM Subject Classes I.2.0, I.2.1, I.2.3, I.2.4, I.2.8, and I.2.11.
涵盖了人工智能的所有领域，除了视觉、机器人、机器学习、多智能体系统以及计算和语言（自然语言处理），这些领域有独立的学科领域。特别地，包括专家系统，定理证明（尽管这可能与计算机科学中的逻辑重叠），知识表示，规划，和人工智能中的不确定性。大致包括ACM学科类I.2.0、I.2.1、I.2.3、I.2.4、I.2.8和I.2.11中的材料。
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一级分类：Computer Science        计算机科学
二级分类：Discrete Mathematics        离散数学
分类描述：Covers combinatorics, graph theory, applications of probability. Roughly includes material in ACM Subject Classes G.2 and G.3.
涵盖组合学，图论，概率论的应用。大致包括ACM学科课程G.2和G.3中的材料。
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一级分类：Physics        物理学
二级分类：Mathematical Physics        数学物理
分类描述：Articles in this category focus on areas of research that illustrate the application of mathematics to problems in physics, develop mathematical methods for such applications, or provide mathematically rigorous formulations of existing physical theories. Submissions to math-ph should be of interest to both physically oriented mathematicians and mathematically oriented physicists; submissions which are primarily of interest to theoretical physicists or to mathematicians should probably be directed to the respective physics/math categories
这一类别的文章集中在说明数学在物理问题中的应用的研究领域，为这类应用开发数学方法，或提供现有物理理论的数学严格公式。提交的数学-PH应该对物理方向的数学家和数学方向的物理学家都感兴趣；主要对理论物理学家或数学家感兴趣的投稿可能应该指向各自的物理/数学类别
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一级分类：Mathematics        数学
二级分类：Mathematical Physics        数学物理
分类描述：math.MP is an alias for math-ph. Articles in this category focus on areas of research that illustrate the application of mathematics to problems in physics, develop mathematical methods for such applications, or provide mathematically rigorous formulations of existing physical theories. Submissions to math-ph should be of interest to both physically oriented mathematicians and mathematically oriented physicists; submissions which are primarily of interest to theoretical physicists or to mathematicians should probably be directed to the respective physics/math categories
math.mp是math-ph的别名。这一类别的文章集中在说明数学在物理问题中的应用的研究领域，为这类应用开发数学方法，或提供现有物理理论的数学严格公式。提交的数学-PH应该对物理方向的数学家和数学方向的物理学家都感兴趣；主要对理论物理学家或数学家感兴趣的投稿可能应该指向各自的物理/数学类别
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英文摘要：
  We propose a new approach to the analysis of Loopy Belief Propagation (LBP) by establishing a formula that connects the Hessian of the Bethe free energy with the edge zeta function. The formula has a number of theoretical implications on LBP. It is applied to give a sufficient condition that the Hessian of the Bethe free energy is positive definite, which shows non-convexity for graphs with multiple cycles. The formula clarifies the relation between the local stability of a fixed point of LBP and local minima of the Bethe free energy. We also propose a new approach to the uniqueness of LBP fixed point, and show various conditions of uniqueness.
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PDF链接：
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1002.3307