Fundamentals of Active Inference: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications of the Free Energy Principle for Engineers

A comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to active inference and the free energy principle for an engineering-focused audience.

This textbook provides comprehensive coverage of the foundational material needed to understand the interdisciplinary, fast-moving field of active inference from first principles. Using a simple, conversational style free of proofs, lemmas, and theorems, Sanjeev Namjoshi brings together theory and technical material in one self-contained text. The book first explain...