Mean-Field Approximation
• Deterministic Approximation to GRF [Parisi84]
– the mean/expected value of a GRF is obtained as a
solution to a set of consistency equations
• Update Equation is obtained using derivative of
partition function with respect to the external
field g. [Elfadel 93]
• Used in image reconstruction [Geiger, Yuille, Girosi
91]