<p>The following tech-report (a simplified version of an earlier paper by the same authors) on general BP (not only loopy-BP), but has fantastic insights.
It's a great place to start, if you already haven't. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.merl.com/publications/docs/TR2001-22.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.merl.com/publications/docs/TR2001-22.pdf</a></p>

<p>Another good place is this book:
Information, Physics, and Computation - by Mezard and Montanari.</p>

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<p>What are some of the good references to understand loopy belief propagation and the need for it? I am looking for both theory and applications (for instance in coding/information and learning theory).</p>

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Good resources to learn loopy belief propagation
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# Good resources to learn loopy belief propagation

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-01)

What are some of the good references to understand loopy belief propagation and the need for it? I am looking for both theory and applications (for instance in coding/information and learning theory).

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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-02-11. Score: 2

The following tech-report (a simplified version of an earlier paper by the same authors) on general BP (not only loopy-BP), but has fantastic insights.
It's a great place to start, if you already haven't.

<http://www.merl.com/publications/docs/TR2001-22.pdf>

Another good place is this book:
Information, Physics, and Computation - by Mezard and Montanari.


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