Energy-based Model (EBN)

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Energy-Based Models (EBMs) discover data dependencies by applying a measure of compatibility (scalar energy) to each configuration of the variables. For a model to make a prediction or decision (inference) it needs to set the value of observed variables to 1 and finding values of the remaining variables that minimize that “energy” level.

EBMs are also known as non-normalized probabilistic models, specify probability density or mass functions up to an unknown normalizing constant. Unlike most other probabilistic models, EBMs do not place a restriction on the tractability of the normalizing constant, thus are more flexible.