On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Aron Culotta <[email protected]> wrote:
> The results I get from DPGMM are not what I expect. E.g.:
>
>>>> import sklearn.mixture
>>>> sklearn.__version__
> '0.12-git'
>>>> data = [[1.1],[0.9],[1.0],[1.2],[1.0], [6.0],[6.1],[6.1]]
>>>> m = sklearn.mixture.DPGMM(n_components=5, n_iter=1000, alpha=1)
>>>> m.fit(data)
> DPGMM(alpha=1, covariance_type='diag', init_params='wmc', min_covar=None,
>    n_components=5, n_iter=1000, params='wmc',
>    random_state=<mtrand.RandomState object at 0x108a3f168>, thresh=0.01,
>    verbose=False)
>>>> m.converged_
> True
>>>> m.weights_
> array([ 0.2,  0.2,  0.2,  0.2,  0.2])
>>>> m.means_
> array([[ 0.62019109],
>        [ 1.16867356],
>        [ 0.55713292],
>        [ 0.36860511],
>        [ 0.17886128]])
>
> I expected the result to be more similar to the vanilla GMM; that is, two
> gaussians (around values 1 and 6), with non-uniform weights (like [ 0.625,
> 0.375]). I expected the "unused" gaussians to have weights near zero.
>
> Am I using the model incorrectly?
>
> I've also tried changing alpha without any luck.
>
> I've also tried a different data in a smaller range with no luck: [[0.1],
> [0.2], [0.15], [0.112], [0.13], [0.8], [0.85], [0.79]]

Do I read this correctly that you are fitting a mixture with 5
components to 8 data points?

Josef


>
> Thanks,
>
> Aron
>
>
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