3 papers
cs.AI2025
Active Inference is a Subtype of Variational Inference
Wouter W. L. Nuijten, Mykola Lukashchuk
Automated decision-making under uncertainty requires balancing exploitation and exploration. Classical methods treat these separately using heuristics, while Active Inference unifi…
cs.AI2025
Message passing-based inference in an autoregressive active inference agent
Wouter M. Kouw, Tim N. Nisslbeck, Wouter L. N. Nuijten
We present the design of an autoregressive active inference agent in the form of message passing on a factor graph. Expected free energy is derived and distributed across a plannin…
stat.ML2025
Expected Free Energy-based Planning as Variational Inference
Bert de Vries, Wouter Nuijten, Thijs van de Laar +13
We address the problem of planning under uncertainty, where an agent must choose actions that not only achieve desired outcomes but also reduce uncertainty. Traditional methods oft…