GPy/GPy/inference/latent_function_inference/__init__.py

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__doc__ = """
Inference over Gaussian process latent functions
In all our GP models, the consistency propery means that we have a Gaussian
prior over a finite set of points f. This prior is
math:: N(f | 0, K)
where K is the kernel matrix.
We also have a likelihood (see GPy.likelihoods) which defines how the data are
related to the latent function: p(y | f). If the likelihood is also a Gaussian,
the inference over f is tractable (see exact_gaussian_inference.py).
If the likelihood object is something other than Gaussian, then exact inference
is not tractable. We then resort to a Laplace approximation (laplace.py) or
expectation propagation (ep.py).
The inference methods return a "Posterior" instance, which is a simple
structure which contains a summary of the posterior. The model classes can then
use this posterior object for making predictions, optimizing hyper-parameters,
etc.
"""
from exact_gaussian_inference import ExactGaussianInference
from laplace import Laplace
expectation_propagation = 'foo' # TODO
from varDTC import VarDTC
from dtc import DTC
from fitc import FITC