pymc.Categorical#

class pymc.Categorical(name, *args, **kwargs)[source]#

Categorical log-likelihood.

The most general discrete distribution. The pmf of this distribution is

\[f(x \mid p) = p_x\]

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../../../_images/pymc-Categorical-1.png

Support

\(x \in \{0, 1, \ldots, |p|-1\}\)
Parameters:
parray of floats

p > 0 and the elements of p must sum to 1.

logit_pfloat

Alternative log odds for the probability of success.

Methods

Categorical.dist([p, logit_p])

Create a tensor variable corresponding to the cls distribution.