Distribution¶

class paddle.distribution. Distribution ( batch_shape=(), event_shape=() ) [source]

The abstract base class for probability distributions. Functions are implemented in specific distributions.

Parameters

• batch_shape (Sequence[int], optional) – independent, not identically distributed draws, aka a “collection” or “bunch” of distributions.

• event_shape (Sequence[int], optional) – the shape of a single draw from the distribution; it may be dependent across dimensions. For scalar distributions, the event shape is []. For n-dimension multivariate distribution, the event shape is [n].

property batch_shape

Returns batch shape of distribution

Returns

batch shape

Return type

Sequence[int]

property event_shape

Returns event shape of distribution

Returns

event shape

Return type

Sequence[int]

property mean

Mean of distribution

property variance

Variance of distribution

sample ( shape=() )

sample¶

Sampling from the distribution.

rsample ( shape=() )

rsample¶

reparameterized sample

entropy ( )

entropy¶

The entropy of the distribution.

kl_divergence ( other ) [source]

kl_divergence¶

The KL-divergence between self distributions and other.

prob ( value )

prob¶

Probability density/mass function evaluated at value.

Parameters

value (Tensor) – value which will be evaluated

log_prob ( value )

log_prob¶

Log probability density/mass function.

probs ( value )

probs¶

Probability density/mass function.

Note

This method will be deprecated in the future, please use prob instead.