Augmented model and augmented inference: why should they work?

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This post will be about the perspective of augmented variational inference for many well-known methods.

Outline:

  • Variational inference
  • Augmented VI and why it works
  • The framework of estimator-coupling pairs
  • The meta-program of augmented VI
  • The connection between augmented VI and pseudo-marginalization