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A probabilistic programming language in TensorFlow. Deep generative models, variational inference.
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Question: is wrapped distribution a meanful extension in Edward? #923

Open rencx opened 6 years ago

rencx commented 6 years ago

I'm a newbie in probabilistic graph models. In my work, I have met several problems in evaluating distributions for angles ( in navigation, geographical information systems, etc) or combining wrapped distribution with common distributions such as Gaussian distribution. Wrapped distribution, especially von Mises distribution, is powerful in modelling relevant phenomena.

Currently I do not find support of above distributions in Edward. What can I do to make this a feature in Edward?