tf.compat.v1.distributions.Dirichlet

Dirichlet distribution.

Inherits From: Distribution

tf.compat.v1.distributions.Dirichlet(
    concentration, validate_args=False, allow_nan_stats=True, name='Dirichlet'
)

The Dirichlet distribution is defined over the (k-1)-simplex using a positive, length-k vector concentration (k > 1). The Dirichlet is identically the Beta distribution when k = 2.

Mathematical Details

The Dirichlet is a distribution over the open (k-1)-simplex, i.e.,

S^{k-1} = { (x_0, ..., x_{k-1}) in R^k : sum_j x_j = 1 and all_j x_j > 0 }.

The probability density function (pdf) is,

pdf(x; alpha) = prod_j x_j**(alpha_j - 1) / Z
Z = prod_j Gamma(alpha_j) / Gamma(sum_j alpha_j)

where:

x in S^{k-1}, i.e., the (k-1)-simplex,
concentration = alpha = [alpha_0, ..., alpha_{k-1}], alpha_j > 0,
Z is the normalization constant aka the multivariate beta function, and,
Gamma is the gamma function.

The concentration represents mean total counts of class occurrence, i.e.,

concentration = alpha = mean * total_concentration

where mean in S^{k-1} and total_concentration is a positive real number representing a mean total count.

Distribution parameters are automatically broadcast in all functions; see examples for details.

Samples of this distribution are reparameterized (pathwise differentiable). The derivatives are computed using the approach described in (Figurnov et al., 2018).

Examples

import tensorflow_probability as tfp
tfd = tfp.distributions

# Create a single trivariate Dirichlet, with the 3rd class being three times
# more frequent than the first. I.e., batch_shape=[], event_shape=[3].
alpha = [1., 2, 3]
dist = tfd.Dirichlet(alpha)

dist.sample([4, 5])  # shape: [4, 5, 3]

# x has one sample, one batch, three classes:
x = [.2, .3, .5]   # shape: [3]
dist.prob(x)       # shape: []

# x has two samples from one batch:
x = [[.1, .4, .5],
     [.2, .3, .5]]
dist.prob(x)         # shape: [2]

# alpha will be broadcast to shape [5, 7, 3] to match x.
x = [[...]]   # shape: [5, 7, 3]
dist.prob(x)  # shape: [5, 7]

# Create batch_shape=[2], event_shape=[3]:
alpha = [[1., 2, 3],
         [4, 5, 6]]   # shape: [2, 3]
dist = tfd.Dirichlet(alpha)

dist.sample([4, 5])  # shape: [4, 5, 2, 3]

x = [.2, .3, .5]
# x will be broadcast as [[.2, .3, .5],
#                         [.2, .3, .5]],
# thus matching batch_shape [2, 3].
dist.prob(x)         # shape: [2]

Compute the gradients of samples w.r.t. the parameters:

alpha = tf.constant([1.0, 2.0, 3.0])
dist = tfd.Dirichlet(alpha)
samples = dist.sample(5)  # Shape [5, 3]
loss = tf.reduce_mean(tf.square(samples))  # Arbitrary loss function
# Unbiased stochastic gradients of the loss function
grads = tf.gradients(loss, alpha)

References:

Implicit Reparameterization Gradients: Figurnov et al., 2018 (pdf)

Args
`concentration`	Positive floating-point `Tensor` indicating mean number of class occurrences; aka "alpha". Implies `self.dtype`, and `self.batch_shape`, `self.event_shape`, i.e., if `concentration.shape = [N1, N2, ..., Nm, k]` then `batch_shape = [N1, N2, ..., Nm]` and `event_shape = [k]`.
`validate_args`	Python `bool`, default `False`. When `True` distribution parameters are checked for validity despite possibly degrading runtime performance. When `False` invalid inputs may silently render incorrect outputs.
`allow_nan_stats`	Python `bool`, default `True`. When `True`, statistics (e.g., mean, mode, variance) use the value "`NaN`" to indicate the result is undefined. When `False`, an exception is raised if one or more of the statistic's batch members are undefined.
`name`	Python `str` name prefixed to Ops created by this class.

Attributes
`allow_nan_stats`	Python `bool` describing behavior when a stat is undefined. Stats return +/- infinity when it makes sense. E.g., the variance of a Cauchy distribution is infinity. However, sometimes the statistic is undefined, e.g., if a distribution's pdf does not achieve a maximum within the support of the distribution, the mode is undefined. If the mean is undefined, then by definition the variance is undefined. E.g. the mean for Student's T for df = 1 is undefined (no clear way to say it is either + or - infinity), so the variance = E[(X - mean)**2] is also undefined.
`batch_shape`	Shape of a single sample from a single event index as a `TensorShape`. May be partially defined or unknown. The batch dimensions are indexes into independent, non-identical parameterizations of this distribution.
`concentration`	Concentration parameter; expected counts for that coordinate.
`dtype`	The `DType` of `Tensor`s handled by this `Distribution`.
`event_shape`	Shape of a single sample from a single batch as a `TensorShape`. May be partially defined or unknown.
`name`	Name prepended to all ops created by this `Distribution`.
`parameters`	Dictionary of parameters used to instantiate this `Distribution`.
`reparameterization_type`	Describes how samples from the distribution are reparameterized. Currently this is one of the static instances `distributions.FULLY_REPARAMETERIZED` or `distributions.NOT_REPARAMETERIZED`.
`total_concentration`	Sum of last dim of concentration parameter.
`validate_args`	Python `bool` indicating possibly expensive checks are enabled.

Args
`value`	`float` or `double` `Tensor`.
`name`	Python `str` prepended to names of ops created by this function.

Args
`other`	`tfp.distributions.Distribution` instance.
`name`	Python `str` prepended to names of ops created by this function.

Args
`sample_shape`	`Tensor` or python list/tuple. Desired shape of a call to `sample()`.
`name`	name to prepend ops with.

Args
`sample_shape`	0D or 1D `int32` `Tensor`. Shape of the generated samples.
`seed`	Python integer seed for RNG
`name`	name to give to the op.

tf.compat.v1.distributions.Dirichlet

Mathematical Details

Examples

References:

Args

Attributes

Methods

batch_shape_tensor

cdf

copy

covariance

cross_entropy

entropy

event_shape_tensor

is_scalar_batch

is_scalar_event

kl_divergence

log_cdf

log_prob

log_survival_function

mean

mode

param_shapes

param_static_shapes

prob

quantile

sample

stddev

survival_function

variance

`batch_shape_tensor`

`cdf`

`copy`

`covariance`

`cross_entropy`

`entropy`

`event_shape_tensor`

`is_scalar_batch`

`is_scalar_event`

`kl_divergence`

`log_cdf`

`log_prob`

`log_survival_function`

`mean`

`mode`

`param_shapes`

`param_static_shapes`

`prob`

`quantile`

`sample`

`stddev`

`survival_function`

`variance`