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# Probable convexity and its application to Correlated Topic Models

@article{Than2013ProbableCA,
title={Probable convexity and its application to Correlated Topic Models},
author={Khoat Than and Tu Bao Ho},
journal={ArXiv},
year={2013},
volume={abs/1312.4527}
}
• Published 16 December 2013
• Computer Science
• ArXiv
Non-convex optimization problems often arise from probabilistic modeling, such as estimation of posterior distributions. Non-convexity makes the problems intractable, and poses various obstacles for us to design efficient algorithms. In this work, we attack non-convexity by first introducing the concept of \emph{probable convexity} for analyzing convexity of real functions in practice. We then use the new concept to analyze an inference problem in the \emph{Correlated Topic Model} (CTM) and…

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