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Unpublished Paper
Gibbs Sampling for Logistic Normal Topic Models with Graph-Based Priors
(2008)
  • David Mimno
  • Hanna M. Wallach, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Andrew McCallum
Abstract
Previous work on probabilistic topic models has either focused on models with relatively simple conjugate priors that support Gibbs sampling or models with non-conjugate priors that typically require variational inference. Gibbs sampling is more accurate than variational inference and better supports the construction of composite models. We present a method for Gibbs sampling in non-conjugate logistic normal topic models, and demonstrate it on a new class of topic models with arbitrary graph-structured priors that reflect the complex relationships commonly found in document collections, while retaining simple, robust inference.
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Publication Date
2008
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Citation Information
David Mimno, Hanna M. Wallach and Andrew McCallum. "Gibbs Sampling for Logistic Normal Topic Models with Graph-Based Priors" (2008)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andrew_mccallum/30/