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Latent variable model

About: Latent variable model is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3589 publications have been published within this topic receiving 235061 citations.


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01 Jan 2012

44 citations

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TL;DR: The models used in this article are secondary dimension mixture models with the potential to explain differential item functioning (DIF) between latent classes, called latent DIF.
Abstract: The models used in this article are secondary dimension mixture models with the potential to explain differential item functioning (DIF) between latent classes, called latent DIF. The focus is on models with a secondary dimension that is at the same time specific to the DIF latent class and linked to an item property. A description of the models is provided along with a means of estimating model parameters using easily available software and a description of how the models behave in two applications. One application concerns a test that is sensitive to speededness and the other is based on an arithmetic operations test where the division items show latent DIF.

44 citations

Proceedings ArticleDOI
01 Nov 2020
TL;DR: This paper proposes a probabilistic dialog model, called the LAtent BElief State (LABES) model, where belief states are represented as discrete latent variables and jointly modeled with system responses given user inputs to develop semi-supervised learning under the principled variational learning framework.
Abstract: Structured belief states are crucial for user goal tracking and database query in task-oriented dialog systems. However, training belief trackers often requires expensive turn-level annotations of every user utterance. In this paper we aim at alleviating the reliance on belief state labels in building end-to-end dialog systems, by leveraging unlabeled dialog data towards semi-supervised learning. We propose a probabilistic dialog model, called the LAtent BElief State (LABES) model, where belief states are represented as discrete latent variables and jointly modeled with system responses given user inputs. Such latent variable modeling enables us to develop semi-supervised learning under the principled variational learning framework. Furthermore, we introduce LABES-S2S, which is a copy-augmented Seq2Seq model instantiation of LABES. In supervised experiments, LABES-S2S obtains strong results on three benchmark datasets of different scales. In utilizing unlabeled dialog data, semi-supervised LABES-S2S significantly outperforms both supervised-only and semi-supervised baselines. Remarkably, we can reduce the annotation demands to 50% without performance loss on MultiWOZ.

44 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a questionnaire assessing two enduring aspects of mood (mood level and mood reactivity) is reported, and a correlation between the latent trait variable underlying the mood level scale and the expectation of repeatedly measured mood states is estimated.

44 citations

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TL;DR: This review explores the advantages gained from integrating psychometric theory and methods with cognitive neuroscience for the assessment and interpretation of individual differences through latent variable models.

44 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202375
2022143
2021137
2020185
2019142
2018159