Adjective
variational (comparative more variational, superlative most variational)
Of, pertaining to, or caused by variation
A complete modern statement of the variational Fermat principle is that the optical length of the path followed by light between two fixed points, A and B, is an extremum. Source: Internet
An equivalent weak or variational form of the equation, proved to produce the same velocity solution as the Navier–Stokes equation, citation is given by, : for divergence-free test functions w satisfying appropriate boundary conditions. Source: Internet
A few types of methods might work for finding optimal parameters from a likelihood function, including maximum likelihood (ML), maximum a posteriori (MAP), expectation-maximization (EM), and variational Bayes (VB). Source: Internet
A renewed interest and several recent advances in variational inference has motivated us to support and co-organise this year’s workshop on Advances in Variational InferenceNeural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) conference in Montreal. Source: Internet
In other words, natural effects create variational “noise” that completely swamps the concern raised about “global warming.” Source: Internet
His current research interests include optimization problems and variational methods with applications in optical flow, object detection and classification. Source: Internet