2-D Cluster Variation Method Free Energy: Fundamentals and Pragmatics

09/20/2019
by   Alianna J. Maren, et al.
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Despite being invented in 1951 by R. Kikuchi, the 2-D Cluster Variation Method (CVM), has not yet received attention. Nevertheless, this method can usefully characterize 2-D topographies using just two parameters; the activation enthalpy and the interaction enthalpy. This Technical Report presents 2-D CVM details, including the dependence of the various configuration variables on the enthalpy parameters, as well as illustrations of various topographies (ranging from scale-free-like to rich club-like) that result from different parameter selection. The complete derivation for the analytic solution, originally presented simply as a result in Kikuchi and Brush (1967) is given here, along with careful comparison of the analytically-predicted configuration variables versus those obtained when performing computational free energy minimization on a 2-D grid. The 2-D CVM can potentially function as a secondary free energy minimization within the hidden layer of a neural network, providing a basis for extending node activations over time and allowing temporal correlation of patterns.

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