From 87faf96defcb6e6dc8509db4019155b79e5ec8f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mzwiessele <ibinbei@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:22:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [sparsegp] check for missing data

---
 GPy/core/sparse_gp.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/GPy/core/sparse_gp.py b/GPy/core/sparse_gp.py
index 56400d91..306d06e8 100644
--- a/GPy/core/sparse_gp.py
+++ b/GPy/core/sparse_gp.py
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ class SparseGP(GP):
 
     def __init__(self, X, Y, Z, kernel, likelihood, mean_function=None, X_variance=None, inference_method=None,
                  name='sparse gp', Y_metadata=None, normalizer=False):
+
+        self.missing_data = np.isnan(Y).any()
+        
         #pick a sensible inference method
         if inference_method is None:
             if isinstance(likelihood, likelihoods.Gaussian):