From 1246fd3b6b34714b8466123a6b92540c102acb4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael T Smith <lionfishy@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 14:30:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Set the tied parameters to their mean

---
 GPy/kern/src/tie.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/GPy/kern/src/tie.py b/GPy/kern/src/tie.py
index 8f6f2da9..405c96bb 100644
--- a/GPy/kern/src/tie.py
+++ b/GPy/kern/src/tie.py
@@ -40,7 +40,13 @@ class Tie(Kern):
                 print("Adding tie")
                 self.params.append(plist)
             
-        self.link_parameters(self.kern)        
+        self.link_parameters(self.kern)  
+        
+        for pitem in self.params:
+            l = len(pitem)
+            v,g = self.get_totals(pitem)
+            for p in pitem:
+                p.param_array[:] = v/l   
 
             
     def get_totals(self,param_list):