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probability_distributions.py
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# Eventually, it would be nice to not have to have our own classes for
# probability distributions. The TensorFlow "distributions" framework would
# be a good replacement.
from .base import TensorType


class ProbabilityDistribution:
    """
    This is the base class for a probability distributions,
    over which we take the expectations in the expectations framework.
    """


class Gaussian(ProbabilityDistribution):
    def __init__(self, mu: TensorType, cov: TensorType):
        self.mu = mu  # [N, D]
        self.cov = cov  # [N, D, D]


class DiagonalGaussian(ProbabilityDistribution):
    def __init__(self, mu: TensorType, cov: TensorType):
        self.mu = mu  # [N, D]
        self.cov = cov  # [N, D]


class MarkovGaussian(ProbabilityDistribution):
    """
    Gaussian distribution with Markov structure.
    Only covariances and covariances between t and t+1 need to be
    parameterised. We use the solution proposed by Carl Rasmussen, i.e. to
    represent
    Var[x_t] = cov[x_t, :, :] * cov[x_t, :, :].T
    Cov[x_t, x_{t+1}] = cov[t, :, :] * cov[t+1, :, :]
    """

    def __init__(self, mu: TensorType, cov: TensorType):
        self.mu = mu  # N+[1, D]
        self.cov = cov  # 2 x (N+1)[, D, D]
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