Writing Sentences [1]

1) try ‘there will be’ instead of ‘then’

In homogeneity MRF, if $f_i=f_j$ and $f_{\mathcal{N}_i}=f_{\mathcal{N}_j}$, there will be $P(f_i|f_{\mathcal{N}_i}) = P(f_j|f_{\mathcal{N}_j})$ even if $i\neq j$.

2) in terms of

There are two approaches for specifying an MRF, that in terms of the conditional probabilities $P(f_i|f_{\mathcal{N}_i})$ and that in terms of the joint probability $P(f)$.

3) specify

note that in the second term on the right-hand side.

$$U(f) = \sum_{i\in \mathcal{S}} V_1(f_i) + \sum_{i\in \mathcal{S}} \sum_{i^\prime \in \mathcal{N}_i}V_2(f_i, f_{i^\prime})$$

4) try ‘that is’ instead of ‘showing below’

Sometimes, it may be convenient to express the energy of a Gibbs distribution as the sum of several terms, each ascribed to cliques of a certain size, that is,

$$U(f) = \sum_{\{i\}\in \mathcal{C}_1}V_1(f_i) + \sum_{\{i,i^{\prime}\}\in \mathcal{C}_2}V_2(f_i, f_{i^\prime}) + \sum_{\{i,i^{\prime},i^{\prime\prime}\}\in \mathcal{C}_3}V_3(f_i, f_{i^\prime}, f_{i^{\prime\prime}}) + \ldots$$

5) there is no need using ‘that’ always

The above implies a homogeneous Gibbs distribution because $V_1$, $V_2$, and $V_3$ are independent of the location of $i$, $i^{\prime}$, and $i^{\prime\prime}$.