Interface CanGetAverageLog<T>

Whether the distribution supports the expected logarithm of one instance under another

Namespace: Microsoft.ML.Probabilistic.Distributions

Assembly: Microsoft.ML.Probabilistic.dll

Syntax

public interface CanGetAverageLog<in T>

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The distribution type

Methods

GetAverageLog(T)

The expected logarithm of that distribution under this distribution.

Declaration

double GetAverageLog(T that)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	that	The distribution to take the logarithm of.

Returns

Type	Description
Double	sum_x this.Evaluate(x)*Math.Log(that.Evaluate(x))

Remarks

This is also known as the cross entropy.