Large Pseudo-Counts and $L_2$-Norm Penalties Are Necessary for the Mean-Field Inference of Ising and Potts Models

J. P. Barton, S. Cocco, E. De Leonardis +1

Mean field (MF) approximation offers a simple, fast way to infer direct interactions between elements in a network of correlated variables, a common, computationally challenging pr…