bdm::MixEF Class Reference

Mixture of Exponential Family Densities. More...

#include <mixtures.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

MixEF (const Array< BMEF * > &Coms0, const vec &alpha0)

Full constructor.

MixEF ()

Constructor of empty mixture.

MixEF (const MixEF &M2)

Copy constructor.

void init (BMEF *Com0, const mat &Data, int c=5)

void bayes (const vec &dt)

Recursive EM-like algorithm (QB-variant), see Karny et. al, 2006.

void bayes (const mat &dt)

EM algorithm.

void bayesB (const mat &dt, const vec &wData)

double logpred (const vec &dt) const

const epdf & posterior () const

const eprod * _e () const

emix * epredictor () const

Constructs a predictive density $f(d_{t+1} |d_{t}, \ldots d_{0})$ .

void flatten (const BMEF *M2)

Flatten the density as if it was not estimated from the data.

BMEF * _Coms (int i)

Access function.

void set_method (MixEF_METHOD M)

Set which method is to be used.

virtual void set_statistics (const BMEF *BM0)

get statistics from another model

virtual void bayes (const vec &data, const double w)

Weighted update of sufficient statistics (Bayes rule).

BMEF * _copy_ () const

Flatten the posterior as if to keep nu0 data.

virtual string to_string ()

This method returns a basic info about the current instance.

virtual void from_setting (const Setting &set)

This method arrange instance properties according the data stored in the Setting structure.

virtual void to_setting (Setting &set) const

This method save all the instance properties into the Setting structure.

virtual void validate ()

This method TODO.

Mathematical operations

virtual void bayesB (const mat &Dt)

Batch Bayes rule (columns of Dt are observations).

vec logpred_m (const mat &dt) const

Matrix version of logpred.

virtual mpdf * predictor () const

Constructs a conditional density 1-step ahead predictor.

Access to attributes

const RV & _drv () const

void set_drv (const RV &rv)

void set_rv (const RV &rv)

double _ll () const

void set_evalll (bool evl0)

Protected Member Functions

void build_est ()

Auxiliary function for use in constructors.

Protected Attributes

int n

Number of components.

Array< BMEF * > Coms

Models for Components of $\theta_i$ .

multiBM weights

Statistics for weights.

eprod * est

Posterior on component parameters.

MixEF_METHOD method

Flag for a method that is used in the inference.

double frg

forgetting factor

double last_lognc

cached value of lognc() in the previous step (used in evaluation of ll )

RV drv

Random variable of the data (optional).

double ll

Logarithm of marginalized data likelihood.

bool evalll

If true, the filter will compute likelihood of the data record and store it in ll . Set to false if you want to save computational time.

Extension to conditional BM

This extension is useful e.g. in Marginalized Particle Filter (bdm::MPF). Alternatively, it can be used for automated connection to DS when the condition is observed

const RV & _rvc () const

access function

virtual void condition (const vec &val)

Substitute val for rvc.

RV rvc

Name of extension variable.

Logging of results

virtual void set_options (const string &opt)

Set boolean options from a string, recognized are: "logbounds,logll".

virtual void log_add (logger &L, const string &name="")

Add all logged variables to a logger.

virtual void logit (logger &L)

ivec LIDs

IDs of storages in loggers 4:[1=mean,2=lb,3=ub,4=ll].

ivec LFlags

Flags for logging - same size as LIDs, each entry correspond to the same in LIDs.

Detailed Description

Mixture of Exponential Family Densities.

An approximate estimation method for models with latent discrete variable, such as mixture models of the following kind:

$f(y_t|\psi_t, \Theta) = \sum_{i=1}^{n} w_i f(y_t|\psi_t, \theta_i)$

where $\psi$ is a known function of past outputs, $w=[w_1,\ldots,w_n]$ are component weights, and component parameters $\theta_i$ are assumed to be mutually independent. $\Theta$ is an aggregation af all component parameters and weights, i.e. $\Theta = [\theta_1,\ldots,\theta_n,w]$ .

The characteristic feature of this model is that if the exact values of the latent variable were known, estimation of the parameters can be handled by a single model. For example, for the case of mixture models, posterior density for each component parameters would be a BayesianModel from Exponential Family.

This class uses EM-style type algorithms for estimation of its parameters. Under this simplification, the posterior density is a product of exponential family members, hence under EM-style approximate estimation this class itself belongs to the exponential family.

TODO: Extend BM to use rvc.

Member Function Documentation

void bdm::MixEF::init	(	BMEF *	Com0,
		const mat &	Data,
		int	c = `5`
	)

Initializing the mixture by a random pick of centroids from data

Parameters:

	Com0	Initial component - necessary to determine its type.
	Data	Data on which the initialization will be done
	c	Initial number of components, default=5

References bdm::BMEF::_copy_(), build_est(), Coms, est, n, and weights.

double bdm::MixEF::logpred ( const vec & dt ) const [virtual]

Evaluates predictive log-likelihood of the given data record I.e. marginal likelihood of the data with the posterior integrated out.

Reimplemented from bdm::BM.

References Coms, bdm::epdf::mean(), and weights.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

mixtures.h
mixtures.cpp


Public Member Functions
	MixEF (const Array< BMEF * > &Coms0, const vec &alpha0)
	Full constructor.
	MixEF ()
	Constructor of empty mixture.
	MixEF (const MixEF &M2)
	Copy constructor.
void	init (BMEF *Com0, const mat &Data, int c=5)
void	bayes (const vec &dt)
	Recursive EM-like algorithm (QB-variant), see Karny et. al, 2006.
void	bayes (const mat &dt)
	EM algorithm.
void	bayesB (const mat &dt, const vec &wData)
double	logpred (const vec &dt) const
const epdf &	posterior () const
const eprod *	_e () const
emix *	epredictor () const
	Constructs a predictive density $f(d_{t+1} \|d_{t}, \ldots d_{0})$ .
void	flatten (const BMEF *M2)
	Flatten the density as if it was not estimated from the data.
BMEF *	_Coms (int i)
	Access function.
void	set_method (MixEF_METHOD M)
	Set which method is to be used.
virtual void	set_statistics (const BMEF *BM0)
	get statistics from another model
virtual void	bayes (const vec &data, const double w)
	Weighted update of sufficient statistics (Bayes rule).
BMEF *	_copy_ () const
	Flatten the posterior as if to keep nu0 data.
virtual string	to_string ()
	This method returns a basic info about the current instance.
virtual void	from_setting (const Setting &set)
	This method arrange instance properties according the data stored in the Setting structure.
virtual void	to_setting (Setting &set) const
	This method save all the instance properties into the Setting structure.
virtual void	validate ()
	This method TODO.
Mathematical operations
virtual void	bayesB (const mat &Dt)
	Batch Bayes rule (columns of Dt are observations).
vec	logpred_m (const mat &dt) const
	Matrix version of logpred.
virtual mpdf *	predictor () const
	Constructs a conditional density 1-step ahead predictor.
Access to attributes
const RV &	_drv () const
void	set_drv (const RV &rv)
void	set_rv (const RV &rv)
double	_ll () const
void	set_evalll (bool evl0)
Protected Member Functions
void	build_est ()
	Auxiliary function for use in constructors.
Protected Attributes
int	n
	Number of components.
Array< BMEF * >	Coms
	Models for Components of $\theta_i$ .
multiBM	weights
	Statistics for weights.
eprod *	est
	Posterior on component parameters.
MixEF_METHOD	method
	Flag for a method that is used in the inference.
double	frg
	forgetting factor
double	last_lognc
	cached value of lognc() in the previous step (used in evaluation of `ll` )
RV	drv
	Random variable of the data (optional).
double	ll
	Logarithm of marginalized data likelihood.
bool	evalll
	If true, the filter will compute likelihood of the data record and store it in `ll` . Set to false if you want to save computational time.
Extension to conditional BM
This extension is useful e.g. in Marginalized Particle Filter (bdm::MPF). Alternatively, it can be used for automated connection to DS when the condition is observed
const RV &	_rvc () const
	access function
virtual void	condition (const vec &val)
	Substitute `val` for `rvc`.
RV	rvc
	Name of extension variable.
Logging of results
virtual void	set_options (const string &opt)
	Set boolean options from a string, recognized are: "logbounds,logll".
virtual void	log_add (logger &L, const string &name="")
	Add all logged variables to a logger.
virtual void	logit (logger &L)
ivec	LIDs
	IDs of storages in loggers 4:[1=mean,2=lb,3=ub,4=ll].
ivec	LFlags
	Flags for logging - same size as LIDs, each entry correspond to the same in LIDs.