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MixtureSameFamily
- class tensorplay.distributions.MixtureSameFamily(mixture_distribution: Categorical, component_distribution: Distribution, validate_args: bool | None = None)[source]
The MixtureSameFamily distribution implements a (batch of) mixture distribution where all components are from different parameterizations of the same distribution type. It is parameterized by a Categorical “selecting distribution” (over k components) and a component distribution, i.e., a Distribution with a rightmost batch shape (equal to [k]) which indexes each (batch of) component.
Examples:
>>> # xdoctest: +SKIP("undefined vars") >>> # Construct Gaussian Mixture Model in 1D consisting of 5 equally >>> # weighted normal distributions >>> mix = D.Categorical(tensorplay.ones(5,)) >>> comp = D.Normal(tensorplay.randn(5,), tensorplay.rand(5,)) >>> gmm = MixtureSameFamily(mix, comp) >>> # Construct Gaussian Mixture Model in 2D consisting of 5 equally >>> # weighted bivariate normal distributions >>> mix = D.Categorical(tensorplay.ones(5,)) >>> comp = D.Independent(D.Normal( ... tensorplay.randn(5,2), tensorplay.rand(5,2)), 1) >>> gmm = MixtureSameFamily(mix, comp) >>> # Construct a batch of 3 Gaussian Mixture Models in 2D each >>> # consisting of 5 random weighted bivariate normal distributions >>> mix = D.Categorical(tensorplay.rand(3,5)) >>> comp = D.Independent(D.Normal( ... tensorplay.randn(3,5,2), tensorplay.rand(3,5,2)), 1) >>> gmm = MixtureSameFamily(mix, comp)- Parameters:
mixture_distribution – tensorplay.distributions.Categorical-like instance. Manages the probability of selecting components. The number of categories must match the rightmost batch dimension of the component_distribution. Must have either scalar batch_shape or batch_shape matching component_distribution.batch_shape[:-1]
component_distribution – tensorplay.distributions.Distribution-like instance. Right-most batch dimension indexes component.
- property batch_shape: Size
Returns the shape over which parameters are batched.
- entropy() Tensor
Returns entropy of distribution, batched over batch_shape.
- Returns:
Tensor of shape batch_shape.
- enumerate_support(expand: bool = True) Tensor
Returns tensor containing all values supported by a discrete distribution. The result will enumerate over dimension 0, so the shape of the result will be (cardinality,) + batch_shape + event_shape (where event_shape = () for univariate distributions).
Note that this enumerates over all batched tensors in lock-step [[0, 0], [1, 1], …]. With expand=False, enumeration happens along dim 0, but with the remaining batch dimensions being singleton dimensions, [[0], [1], ...
To iterate over the full Cartesian product use itertools.product(m.enumerate_support()).
- Parameters:
expand (bool) – whether to expand the support over the batch dims to match the distribution’s batch_shape.
- Returns:
Tensor iterating over dimension 0.
- property event_shape: Size
Returns the shape of a single sample (without batching).
- icdf(value: Tensor) Tensor
Returns the inverse cumulative density/mass function evaluated at value.
- Parameters:
value (Tensor)
- property mode: Tensor
Returns the mode of the distribution.
- perplexity() Tensor
Returns perplexity of distribution, batched over batch_shape.
- Returns:
Tensor of shape batch_shape.
- rsample(sample_shape: Size | Sequence[int] = ()) Tensor
Generates a sample_shape shaped reparameterized sample or sample_shape shaped batch of reparameterized samples if the distribution parameters are batched.
- sample_n(n: int) Tensor
Generates n samples or n batches of samples if the distribution parameters are batched.
- static set_default_validate_args(value: bool) None
Sets whether validation is enabled or disabled.
The default behavior mimics Python’s
assertstatement: validation is on by default, but is disabled if Python is run in optimized mode (viapython -O). Validation may be expensive, so you may want to disable it once a model is working.- Parameters:
value (bool) – Whether to enable validation.
- property stddev: Tensor
Returns the standard deviation of the distribution.
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