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| a small library of random variable types. | a small library of random variable types. | ||
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| ====Description:==== | ====Description:==== | ||
| - | You must implement seven random variable objects. These should all inherit from a base random variable object that supports the following methods: | + | You must implement seven random variable objects. For each type, you should be able to sample from that distribution, and compute the log-likelihood of a particular value. All of your classes should inherit from a base random variable object that supports the following methods: |
| <code python> | <code python> | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | For example, your univariate Gaussian class might look like this: | + | You don't need to implement the ''get'' or ''propose'' methods yet. For example, your univariate Gaussian class might look like this: |
| <code python> | <code python> | ||
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| **Given that framework, you should implement:** | **Given that framework, you should implement:** | ||
| - | * The following one dimensional, continuous valued distributions. For | + | * The following one dimensional, continuous valued distributions. To visualize |
| - | these, you should also plot the PDF of the random variable on the | + | these, you should plot a histogram of sampled values, and also plot the PDF of the random variable on the |
| - | same plot; the curves should match. //Note: it is **not** sufficient to let seaborn estimate the PDF using its built-in KDE estimator; you need to plot the true PDF. In other words, you can't just use seaborn.kdeplot!// | + | same axis; they should (roughly) match. //Note: it is **not** sufficient to let seaborn estimate the PDF using its built-in KDE estimator; you need to plot the true PDF. In other words, you can't just use seaborn.kdeplot!// |
| - | * ''Beta (alpha=1, beta=3)'' | + | * ''Beta (a=1, b=3)'' |
| * ''Poisson (lambda=7)'' | * ''Poisson (lambda=7)'' | ||
| * ''Univariate Gaussian (mean=2, variance=3)'' | * ''Univariate Gaussian (mean=2, variance=3)'' | ||
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| * The following discrete distributions. For these, plot predicted and | * The following discrete distributions. For these, plot predicted and | ||
| empirical histograms side-by-side: | empirical histograms side-by-side: | ||
| - | * ''Bernoulli (p=0.7)'' | + | * ''Bernoulli (p=0.7)'' (hint: you may need a uniform random number) |
| - | * ''Multinomial (theta=[0.1, 0.2, 0.7])'' | + | * ''Multinomial (pvals=[0.1, 0.2, 0.7])'' |
| - | * The following multidimensional distributions. For these, | + | * The following multidimensional distributions. For these, use a contour or surface plot to visualize the empirical distribution of samples vs. the PDF: |
| - | * Two-dimensional Gaussian | + | * ''Multivariate Gaussian ( mean=[2.0,3.0], cov=[[1.0,0.9],[0.9,1.0]] )'' |
| - | * 3-dimensional Dirichlet | + | * ''Dirichlet ( alpha=[ 0.1, 0.2, 0.7 ] )'' |
| **Important notes:** | **Important notes:** | ||
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| **You //may// use [[http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-1.10.0/reference/routines.random.html|numpy.random]] to sample from the appropriate distributions.** | **You //may// use [[http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-1.10.0/reference/routines.random.html|numpy.random]] to sample from the appropriate distributions.** | ||
| - | **You may //not// use any existing code to calculate the log-likelihoods.** | + | **You may //not// use any existing code to calculate the log-likelihoods.** But you can, of course, use any online resources or the book to find the appropriate definition of each PDF. |
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| ====Hints:==== | ====Hints:==== | ||
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