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maybe inspired by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxQ94L8n0vU Biggerj1 ( talk) 19:27, 17 October 2021 (UTC) reply

I wondered which publication introduced this idea. The first appearance I can think of is in the Neal & Hinton 1998 paper (which is actually from 1993, see the Hinton & Zemel paper). Maybe someone knows of an earlier mention of this concept? Apoptheosis ( talk) 09:33, 5 November 2023 (UTC) reply

i don't know where the concept first appeared. i do, however, know where the particular name "ELBO" first appeared, because i made it up. Jonmcauliffe ( talk) 07:00, 18 December 2023 (UTC) reply

This is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. Stuff about delta method, weighting is to important enough to qualify for this entry.

Wikipedia:No original research EitanPorat ( talk) 01:52, 13 March 2024 (UTC) reply