Minimizing Variational Free Energy

By re-composition of Variational Inference we arrive at the Free Energy Principle

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$\ln P(D)={\mathbb{E}}_{q(H|D;\theta )}[\ln q(H|D;\theta )-\ln p(H,D)]-\mathcal{F}(D,\theta )$ $\ge -\mathcal{F}(D,\theta )$

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Evidence

Supporting

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Millidge et al. 2021	A Mathematical Walkthrough and Discussion of the Free Energy Principle	p. 11

Counter

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Connections

Derivation from Variational Inference leading to: The Free-Energy Principle

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