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BayraktarLab / cell2location

Comprehensive mapping of tissue cell architecture via integrated single cell and spatial transcriptomics (cell2location model)
https://cell2location.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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why w_s,f follow gamma distribution #161

Closed caiquanyou closed 1 year ago

caiquanyou commented 2 years ago

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Icannot understand why w_s,f follow gamma distribution ？

vitkl commented 2 years ago

Hi @caiquanyou

Gamma distribution is a prior for w_s,f because it is a distribution over positive real numbers. Does this answer your question? If not please describe exactly what you don't understand.

vitkl commented 1 year ago

I am assuming that this is resolved.