tfp.bijectors.Softplus

Bijector which computes Y = g(X) = Log[1 + exp(X)].

Inherits From: AutoCompositeTensorBijector, Bijector, AutoCompositeTensor

tfp.bijectors.Softplus(
    hinge_softness=None,
    low=None,
    validate_args=False,
    name='softplus'
)

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Probabilistic PCA A Tour of TensorFlow Probability Approximate inference for STS models with non-Gaussian observations

The softplus Bijector has the following two useful properties:

The domain is the positive real numbers
softplus(x) approx x, for large x, so it does not overflow as easily as the Exp Bijector.

The optional nonzero hinge_softness parameter changes the transition at zero. With hinge_softness = c, the bijector is:

```f_c(x) := c * g(x / c) = c * Log[1 + exp(x / c)].```

For large x >> 1, c * Log[1 + exp(x / c)] approx c * Log[exp(x / c)] = x, so the behavior for large x is the same as the standard softplus.

As c > 0 approaches 0 from the right, f_c(x) becomes less and less soft, approaching max(0, x).

c = 1 is the default.
c > 0 but small means f(x) approx ReLu(x) = max(0, x).
c < 0 flips sign and reflects around the y-axis: f_{-c}(x) = -f_c(-x).

c = 0 results in a non-bijective transformation and triggers an exception.

Example Use:

# Create the Y=g(X)=softplus(X) transform which works only on Tensors with 1
# batch ndim and 2 event ndims (i.e., vector of matrices).
softplus = Softplus()
x = [[[1., 2],
      [3, 4]],
     [[5, 6],
      [7, 8]]]
log(1 + exp(x)) == softplus.forward(x)
log(exp(x) - 1) == softplus.inverse(x)

Attributes
`dtype`
`forward_min_event_ndims`	Returns the minimal number of dimensions bijector.forward operates on. Multipart bijectors return structured `ndims`, which indicates the expected structure of their inputs. Some multipart bijectors, notably Composites, may return structures of `None`.
`graph_parents`	Returns this `Bijector`'s graph_parents as a Python list.
`hinge_softness`
`inverse_min_event_ndims`	Returns the minimal number of dimensions bijector.inverse operates on. Multipart bijectors return structured `event_ndims`, which indicates the expected structure of their outputs. Some multipart bijectors, notably Composites, may return structures of `None`.
`is_constant_jacobian`	Returns true iff the Jacobian matrix is not a function of x. Note: Jacobian matrix is either constant for both forward and inverse or neither.
`low`
`name`	Returns the string name of this `Bijector`.
`name_scope`	Returns a `tf.name_scope` instance for this class.
`non_trainable_variables`	Sequence of non-trainable variables owned by this module and its submodules. Note: this method uses reflection to find variables on the current instance and submodules. For performance reasons you may wish to cache the result of calling this method if you don't expect the return value to change.
`parameters`	Dictionary of parameters used to instantiate this `Bijector`.
`submodules`	Sequence of all sub-modules. Submodules are modules which are properties of this module, or found as properties of modules which are properties of this module (and so on). `a = tf.Module()` `b = tf.Module()` `c = tf.Module()` `a.b = b` `b.c = c` `list(a.submodules) == [b, c]` `True` `list(b.submodules) == [c]` `True` `list(c.submodules) == []` `True`
`trainable_variables`	Sequence of trainable variables owned by this module and its submodules. Note: this method uses reflection to find variables on the current instance and submodules. For performance reasons you may wish to cache the result of calling this method if you don't expect the return value to change.
`validate_args`	Returns True if Tensor arguments will be validated.
`variables`	Sequence of variables owned by this module and its submodules. Note: this method uses reflection to find variables on the current instance and submodules. For performance reasons you may wish to cache the result of calling this method if you don't expect the return value to change.

Methods

`copy`

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copy(
    **override_parameters_kwargs
)

Creates a copy of the bijector.

Args
`**override_parameters_kwargs`	String/value dictionary of initialization arguments to override with new values.

Returns
`bijector`	A new instance of `type(self)` initialized from the union of self.parameters and override_parameters_kwargs, i.e., `dict(self.parameters, **override_parameters_kwargs)`.

`experimental_batch_shape`

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experimental_batch_shape(
    x_event_ndims=None, y_event_ndims=None
)

Returns the batch shape of this bijector for inputs of the given rank.

The batch shape of a bijector decribes the set of distinct transformations it represents on events of a given size. For example: the bijector tfb.Scale([1., 2.]) has batch shape [2] for scalar events (event_ndims = 0), because applying it to a scalar event produces two scalar outputs, the result of two different scaling transformations. The same bijector has batch shape [] for vector events, because applying it to a vector produces (via elementwise multiplication) a single vector output.

Bijectors that operate independently on multiple state parts, such as tfb.JointMap, must broadcast to a coherent batch shape. Some events may not be valid: for example, the bijector tfd.JointMap([tfb.Scale([1., 2.]), tfb.Scale([1., 2., 3.])]) does not produce a valid batch shape when event_ndims = [0, 0], since the batch shapes of the two parts are inconsistent. The same bijector does define valid batch shapes of [], [2], and [3] if event_ndims is [1, 1], [0, 1], or [1, 0], respectively.

Since transforming a single event produces a scalar log-det-Jacobian, the batch shape of a bijector with non-constant Jacobian is expected to equal the shape of forward_log_det_jacobian(x, event_ndims=x_event_ndims) or inverse_log_det_jacobian(y, event_ndims=y_event_ndims), for x or y of the specified ndims.

Args
`x_event_ndims`	Optional Python `int` (structure) number of dimensions in a probabilistic event passed to `forward`; this must be greater than or equal to `self.forward_min_event_ndims`. If `None`, defaults to `self.forward_min_event_ndims`. Mutually exclusive with `y_event_ndims`. Default value: `None`.
`y_event_ndims`	Optional Python `int` (structure) number of dimensions in a probabilistic event passed to `inverse`; this must be greater than or equal to `self.inverse_min_event_ndims`. Mutually exclusive with `x_event_ndims`. Default value: `None`.

Returns
`batch_shape`	`TensorShape` batch shape of this bijector for a value with the given event rank. May be unknown or partially defined.

`experimental_batch_shape_tensor`

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experimental_batch_shape_tensor(
    x_event_ndims=None, y_event_ndims=None
)

Returns the batch shape of this bijector for inputs of the given rank.

Args
`x_event_ndims`	Optional Python `int` (structure) number of dimensions in a probabilistic event passed to `forward`; this must be greater than or equal to `self.forward_min_event_ndims`. If `None`, defaults to `self.forward_min_event_ndims`. Mutually exclusive with `y_event_ndims`. Default value: `None`.
`y_event_ndims`	Optional Python `int` (structure) number of dimensions in a probabilistic event passed to `inverse`; this must be greater than or equal to `self.inverse_min_event_ndims`. Mutually exclusive with `x_event_ndims`. Default value: `None`.

Returns
`batch_shape_tensor`	integer `Tensor` batch shape of this bijector for a value with the given event rank.

`experimental_compute_density_correction`

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experimental_compute_density_correction(
    x, tangent_space, backward_compat=False, **kwargs
)

Density correction for this transformation wrt the tangent space, at x.

Subclasses of Bijector may call the most specific applicable method of TangentSpace, based on whether the transformation is dimension-preserving, coordinate-wise, a projection, or something more general. The backward-compatible assumption is that the transformation is dimension-preserving (goes from R^n to R^n).

Args
`x`	`Tensor` (structure). The point at which to calculate the density.
`tangent_space`	`TangentSpace` or one of its subclasses. The tangent to the support manifold at `x`.
`backward_compat`	`bool` specifying whether to assume that the Bijector is dimension-preserving.
`**kwargs`	Optional keyword arguments forwarded to tangent space methods.

Returns
`density_correction`	`Tensor` representing the density correction---in log space---under the transformation that this Bijector denotes.

Raises
TypeError if `backward_compat` is False but no method of `TangentSpace` has been called explicitly.

`forward`

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forward(
    x, name='forward', **kwargs
)

Returns the forward Bijector evaluation, i.e., X = g(Y).

Args
`x`	`Tensor` (structure). The input to the 'forward' evaluation.
`name`	The name to give this op.
`**kwargs`	Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

Returns
`Tensor` (structure).

Raises
`TypeError`	if `self.dtype` is specified and `x.dtype` is not `self.dtype`.
`NotImplementedError`	if `_forward` is not implemented.

`forward_dtype`

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forward_dtype(
    dtype=UNSPECIFIED, name='forward_dtype', **kwargs
)

Returns the dtype returned by forward for the provided input.

`forward_event_ndims`

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forward_event_ndims(
    event_ndims, **kwargs
)

Returns the number of event dimensions produced by forward.

Args
`event_ndims`	Structure of Python and/or Tensor `int`s, and/or `None` values. The structure should match that of `self.forward_min_event_ndims`, and all non-`None` values must be greater than or equal to the corresponding value in `self.forward_min_event_ndims`.
`**kwargs`	Optional keyword arguments forwarded to nested bijectors.

Returns

forward_event_ndims Structure of integers and/or None values matching self.inverse_min_event_ndims. These are computed using 'prefer static' semantics: if any inputs are None, some or all of the outputs may be None, indicating that the output dimension could not be inferred (conversely, if all inputs are non-None, all outputs will be non-None). If all input event_ndims are Python ints, all of the (non-None) outputs will be Python ints; otherwise, some or all of the outputs may be Tensor ints.

Returns
`forward_event_ndims`	Structure of integers and/or `None` values matching `self.inverse_min_event_ndims`. These are computed using 'prefer static' semantics: if any inputs are `None`, some or all of the outputs may be `None`, indicating that the output dimension could not be inferred (conversely, if all inputs are non-`None`, all outputs will be non-`None`). If all input `event_ndims` are Python `int`s, all of the (non-`None`) outputs will be Python `int`s; otherwise, some or all of the outputs may be `Tensor` `int`s.

`forward_event_shape`

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forward_event_shape(
    input_shape
)

Shape of a single sample from a single batch as a TensorShape.

Same meaning as forward_event_shape_tensor. May be only partially defined.

Args
`input_shape`	`TensorShape` (structure) indicating event-portion shape passed into `forward` function.

Returns
`forward_event_shape_tensor`	`TensorShape` (structure) indicating event-portion shape after applying `forward`. Possibly unknown.

`forward_event_shape_tensor`

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forward_event_shape_tensor(
    input_shape, name='forward_event_shape_tensor'
)

Shape of a single sample from a single batch as an int32 1D Tensor.

Args
`input_shape`	`Tensor`, `int32` vector (structure) indicating event-portion shape passed into `forward` function.
`name`	name to give to the op

Returns
`forward_event_shape_tensor`	`Tensor`, `int32` vector (structure) indicating event-portion shape after applying `forward`.

`forward_log_det_jacobian`

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forward_log_det_jacobian(
    x, event_ndims=None, name='forward_log_det_jacobian', **kwargs
)

Returns both the forward_log_det_jacobian.

Args
`x`	`Tensor` (structure). The input to the 'forward' Jacobian determinant evaluation.
`event_ndims`	Optional number of dimensions in the probabilistic events being transformed; this must be greater than or equal to `self.forward_min_event_ndims`. If `event_ndims` is specified, the log Jacobian determinant is summed to produce a scalar log-determinant for each event. Otherwise (if `event_ndims` is `None`), no reduction is performed. Multipart bijectors require structured event_ndims, such that the batch rank `rank(y[i]) - event_ndims[i]` is the same for all elements `i` of the structured input. In most cases (with the exception of `tfb.JointMap`) they further require that `event_ndims[i] - self.inverse_min_event_ndims[i]` is the same for all elements `i` of the structured input. Default value: `None` (equivalent to `self.forward_min_event_ndims`).
`name`	The name to give this op.
`**kwargs`	Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

Returns
`Tensor` (structure), if this bijector is injective. If not injective this is not implemented.

Raises
`TypeError`	if `y`'s dtype is incompatible with the expected output dtype.
`NotImplementedError`	if neither `_forward_log_det_jacobian` nor {`_inverse`, `_inverse_log_det_jacobian`} are implemented, or this is a non-injective bijector.
`ValueError`	if the value of `event_ndims` is not valid for this bijector.

`inverse`

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inverse(
    y, name='inverse', **kwargs
)

Returns the inverse Bijector evaluation, i.e., X = g^{-1}(Y).

Args
`y`	`Tensor` (structure). The input to the 'inverse' evaluation.
`name`	The name to give this op.
`**kwargs`	Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

Returns
`Tensor` (structure), if this bijector is injective. If not injective, returns the k-tuple containing the unique `k` points `(x1, ..., xk)` such that `g(xi) = y`.

Raises
`TypeError`	if `y`'s structured dtype is incompatible with the expected output dtype.
`NotImplementedError`	if `_inverse` is not implemented.

`inverse_dtype`

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inverse_dtype(
    dtype=UNSPECIFIED, name='inverse_dtype', **kwargs
)

Returns the dtype returned by inverse for the provided input.

`inverse_event_ndims`

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inverse_event_ndims(
    event_ndims, **kwargs
)

Returns the number of event dimensions produced by inverse.

Args
`event_ndims`	Structure of Python and/or Tensor `int`s, and/or `None` values. The structure should match that of `self.inverse_min_event_ndims`, and all non-`None` values must be greater than or equal to the corresponding value in `self.inverse_min_event_ndims`.
`**kwargs`	Optional keyword arguments forwarded to nested bijectors.

Returns

inverse_event_ndims Structure of integers and/or None values matching self.forward_min_event_ndims. These are computed using 'prefer static' semantics: if any inputs are None, some or all of the outputs may be None, indicating that the output dimension could not be inferred (conversely, if all inputs are non-None, all outputs will be non-None). If all input event_ndims are Python ints, all of the (non-None) outputs will be Python ints; otherwise, some or all of the outputs may be Tensor ints.

Returns
`inverse_event_ndims`	Structure of integers and/or `None` values matching `self.forward_min_event_ndims`. These are computed using 'prefer static' semantics: if any inputs are `None`, some or all of the outputs may be `None`, indicating that the output dimension could not be inferred (conversely, if all inputs are non-`None`, all outputs will be non-`None`). If all input `event_ndims` are Python `int`s, all of the (non-`None`) outputs will be Python `int`s; otherwise, some or all of the outputs may be `Tensor` `int`s.

`inverse_event_shape`

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inverse_event_shape(
    output_shape
)

Shape of a single sample from a single batch as a TensorShape.

Same meaning as inverse_event_shape_tensor. May be only partially defined.

Args
`output_shape`	`TensorShape` (structure) indicating event-portion shape passed into `inverse` function.

Returns
`inverse_event_shape_tensor`	`TensorShape` (structure) indicating event-portion shape after applying `inverse`. Possibly unknown.

`inverse_event_shape_tensor`

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inverse_event_shape_tensor(
    output_shape, name='inverse_event_shape_tensor'
)

Shape of a single sample from a single batch as an int32 1D Tensor.

Args
`output_shape`	`Tensor`, `int32` vector (structure) indicating event-portion shape passed into `inverse` function.
`name`	name to give to the op

Returns
`inverse_event_shape_tensor`	`Tensor`, `int32` vector (structure) indicating event-portion shape after applying `inverse`.

`inverse_log_det_jacobian`

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inverse_log_det_jacobian(
    y, event_ndims=None, name='inverse_log_det_jacobian', **kwargs
)

Returns the (log o det o Jacobian o inverse)(y).

Mathematically, returns: log(det(dX/dY))(Y). (Recall that: X=g^{-1}(Y).)

Note that forward_log_det_jacobian is the negative of this function, evaluated at g^{-1}(y).

Args
`y`	`Tensor` (structure). The input to the 'inverse' Jacobian determinant evaluation.
`event_ndims`	Optional number of dimensions in the probabilistic events being transformed; this must be greater than or equal to `self.inverse_min_event_ndims`. If `event_ndims` is specified, the log Jacobian determinant is summed to produce a scalar log-determinant for each event. Otherwise (if `event_ndims` is `None`), no reduction is performed. Multipart bijectors require structured event_ndims, such that the batch rank `rank(y[i]) - event_ndims[i]` is the same for all elements `i` of the structured input. In most cases (with the exception of `tfb.JointMap`) they further require that `event_ndims[i] - self.inverse_min_event_ndims[i]` is the same for all elements `i` of the structured input. Default value: `None` (equivalent to `self.inverse_min_event_ndims`).
`name`	The name to give this op.
`**kwargs`	Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

Returns
`ildj`	`Tensor`, if this bijector is injective. If not injective, returns the tuple of local log det Jacobians, `log(det(Dg_i^{-1}(y)))`, where `g_i` is the restriction of `g` to the `ith` partition `Di`.

Raises
`TypeError`	if `x`'s dtype is incompatible with the expected inverse-dtype.
`NotImplementedError`	if `_inverse_log_det_jacobian` is not implemented.
`ValueError`	if the value of `event_ndims` is not valid for this bijector.

`parameter_properties`

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@classmethod
parameter_properties(
    dtype=tf.float32
)

Returns a dict mapping constructor arg names to property annotations.

This dict should include an entry for each of the bijector's Tensor-valued constructor arguments.

Args
`dtype`	Optional float `dtype` to assume for continuous-valued parameters. Some constraining bijectors require advance knowledge of the dtype because certain constants (e.g., `tfb.Softplus.low`) must be instantiated with the same dtype as the values to be transformed.

Returns
`parameter_properties`	A `str ->`tfp.python.internal.parameter_properties.ParameterProperties`dict mapping constructor argument names to`ParameterProperties` instances.

`with_name_scope`

@classmethod
with_name_scope(
    method
)

Decorator to automatically enter the module name scope.

class MyModule(tf.Module):
  @tf.Module.with_name_scope
  def __call__(self, x):
    if not hasattr(self, 'w'):
      self.w = tf.Variable(tf.random.normal([x.shape[1], 3]))
    return tf.matmul(x, self.w)

Using the above module would produce tf.Variables and tf.Tensors whose names included the module name:

mod = MyModule()
mod(tf.ones([1, 2]))
<tf.Tensor: shape=(1, 3), dtype=float32, numpy=..., dtype=float32)>
mod.w
<tf.Variable 'my_module/Variable:0' shape=(2, 3) dtype=float32,
numpy=..., dtype=float32)>

Args
`method`	The method to wrap.

Returns
The original method wrapped such that it enters the module's name scope.

`call`

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__call__(
    value, name=None, **kwargs
)

Applies or composes the Bijector, depending on input type.

This is a convenience function which applies the Bijector instance in three different ways, depending on the input:

If the input is a tfd.Distribution instance, return tfd.TransformedDistribution(distribution=input, bijector=self).
If the input is a tfb.Bijector instance, return tfb.Chain([self, input]).
Otherwise, return self.forward(input)

Args
`value`	A `tfd.Distribution`, `tfb.Bijector`, or a (structure of) `Tensor`.
`name`	Python `str` name given to ops created by this function.
`**kwargs`	Additional keyword arguments passed into the created `tfd.TransformedDistribution`, `tfb.Bijector`, or `self.forward`.

Returns
`composition`	A `tfd.TransformedDistribution` if the input was a `tfd.Distribution`, a `tfb.Chain` if the input was a `tfb.Bijector`, or a (structure of) `Tensor` computed by `self.forward`.

Examples

sigmoid = tfb.Reciprocal()(
    tfb.Shift(shift=1.)(
      tfb.Exp()(
        tfb.Scale(scale=-1.))))
# ==> `tfb.Chain([
#         tfb.Reciprocal(),
#         tfb.Shift(shift=1.),
#         tfb.Exp(),
#         tfb.Scale(scale=-1.),
#      ])`  # ie, `tfb.Sigmoid()`

log_normal = tfb.Exp()(tfd.Normal(0, 1))
# ==> `tfd.TransformedDistribution(tfd.Normal(0, 1), tfb.Exp())`

tfb.Exp()([-1., 0., 1.])
# ==> tf.exp([-1., 0., 1.])

`eq`

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__eq__(
    other
)

Return self==value.

`getitem`

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__getitem__(
    slices
)

`iter`

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__iter__()

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Attributes

Methods

copy

experimental_batch_shape

experimental_batch_shape_tensor

experimental_compute_density_correction

forward

forward_dtype

forward_event_ndims

forward_event_shape

forward_event_shape_tensor

forward_log_det_jacobian

inverse

inverse_dtype

inverse_event_ndims

inverse_event_shape

inverse_event_shape_tensor

inverse_log_det_jacobian

parameter_properties

with_name_scope

__call__

Examples

__eq__

__getitem__

__iter__

tfp.bijectors.Softplus

`copy`

`experimental_batch_shape`

`experimental_batch_shape_tensor`

`experimental_compute_density_correction`

`forward`

`forward_dtype`

`forward_event_ndims`

`forward_event_shape`

`forward_event_shape_tensor`

`forward_log_det_jacobian`

`inverse`

`inverse_dtype`

`inverse_event_ndims`

`inverse_event_shape`

`inverse_event_shape_tensor`

`inverse_log_det_jacobian`

`parameter_properties`

`with_name_scope`

`call`

`eq`

`getitem`

`iter`