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The response variable vector y is observed. There are explanatory variables (covariates) { , …, } that are observed and a model is built that defines the relationship with parameters {θ1, …, θκ}. We see that there are also ′ latent variables with associated parameters. The model based on may fail to extrapolate beyond the current experiment due to the unforeseen influence of the latent variables.
