bayespy.plot.Plotter

class bayespy.plot.Plotter(plotter, *args, **kwargs)[source]

Wrapper for plotting functions and base class for node plotters

The purpose of this class is to collect all the parameters needed by a plotting function and provide a callable interface which needs only the node as the input.

Plotter instances are callable objects that plot a given node using a specified plotting function.

Parameters:

  • plotter (function) – Plotting function to use

  • args (defined by the plotting function) – Additional inputs needed by the plotting function

  • kwargs (defined by the plotting function) – Additional keyword arguments supported by the plotting function

Examples

First, create a gamma variable:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> from bayespy.nodes import Gamma
>>> x = Gamma(4, 5)

The probability density function can be plotted as:

>>> import bayespy.plot as bpplt
>>> bpplt.pdf(x, np.linspace(0.1, 10, num=100))         
[<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x...>]

However, this can be problematic when one needs to provide a plotting function for the inference engine as the inference engine gives only the node as input. Thus, we need to create a simple plotter wrapper:

>>> p = bpplt.Plotter(bpplt.pdf, np.linspace(0.1, 10, num=100))

Now, this callable object p needs only the node as the input:

>>> p(x)                                                
[<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x...>]

Thus, it can be given to the inference engine to use as a plotting function:

>>> x = Gamma(4, 5, plotter=p)
>>> x.plot()                                            
[<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x...>]
__init__(plotter, *args, **kwargs)[source]

Methods

__init__(plotter, *args, **kwargs)