# Source code for gpytorch.variational.cholesky_variational_distribution

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import torch

from ..distributions import MultivariateNormal
from ..lazy import CholLazyTensor, TriangularLazyTensor
from ._variational_distribution import _VariationalDistribution

[docs]class CholeskyVariationalDistribution(_VariationalDistribution):
"""
A :obj:~gpytorch.variational._VariationalDistribution that is defined to be a multivariate normal distribution
with a full covariance matrix.

The most common way this distribution is defined is to parameterize it in terms of a mean vector and a covariance
matrix. In order to ensure that the covariance matrix remains positive definite, we only consider the lower
triangle.

:param int num_inducing_points: Size of the variational distribution. This implies that the variational mean
should be this size, and the variational covariance matrix should have this many rows and columns.
:param batch_shape: Specifies an optional batch size
for the variational parameters. This is useful for example when doing additive variational inference.
:type batch_shape: :obj:torch.Size, optional
:param float mean_init_std: (Default: 1e-3) Standard deviation of gaussian noise to add to the mean initialization.
"""

def __init__(self, num_inducing_points, batch_shape=torch.Size([]), mean_init_std=1e-3, **kwargs):
super().__init__(num_inducing_points=num_inducing_points, batch_shape=batch_shape, mean_init_std=mean_init_std)
mean_init = torch.zeros(num_inducing_points)
covar_init = torch.eye(num_inducing_points, num_inducing_points)
mean_init = mean_init.repeat(*batch_shape, 1)
covar_init = covar_init.repeat(*batch_shape, 1, 1)

self.register_parameter(name="variational_mean", parameter=torch.nn.Parameter(mean_init))
self.register_parameter(name="chol_variational_covar", parameter=torch.nn.Parameter(covar_init))

def forward(self):
chol_variational_covar = self.chol_variational_covar
dtype = chol_variational_covar.dtype
device = chol_variational_covar.device

# First make the cholesky factor is upper triangular