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JuliaRobotics / IncrementalInference.jl

Clique recycling non-Gaussian (multi-modal) factor graph solver; also see Caesar.jl.

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DOCS, Meaning of: Factors, Likelihoods, Potentials, Partials #680

Open dehann opened 4 years ago

dehann commented 4 years ago

Define what is meant with these Nouns:

Factors: as captured in factor graph,
MessageLikelihood, a joint belief message propagating on the tree,
Potential, all likelihoods needed for a subgraph solve (Markov Potential)
Partial, a factor or likelihood that only constrains some of the dimensions

Related

675 (where to store msg channels)
679 (consolidate subgraph functions)

Code

https://github.com/JuliaRobotics/IncrementalInference.jl/blob/7c03d00d40281f64db074340adcd44df26031b3c/src/JunctionTreeTypes.jl#L237-L242

dehann commented 4 years ago

also needs to be added to the verbNoun definitions wiki.