python_reference/useful_scripts/multivariate_gaussian_pdf.py

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# Sebastian Raschka 04/2014
import numpy as np
def pdf_multivariate_gauss(x, mu, cov):
'''
Caculate the multivariate normal density (pdf)
Keyword arguments:
x = numpy array of a "d x 1" sample vector
mu = numpy array of a "d x 1" mean vector
cov = "numpy array of a d x d" covariance matrix
'''
assert(mu.shape[0] > mu.shape[1]), 'mu must be a row vector'
assert(x.shape[0] > x.shape[1]), 'x must be a row vector'
assert(cov.shape[0] == cov.shape[1]), 'covariance matrix must be square'
assert(mu.shape[0] == cov.shape[0]), 'cov_mat and mu_vec must have the same dimensions'
assert(mu.shape[0] == x.shape[0]), 'mu and x must have the same dimensions'
part1 = 1 / ( ((2* np.pi)**(len(mu)/2)) * (np.linalg.det(cov)**(1/2)) )
part2 = (-1/2) * ((x-mu).T.dot(np.linalg.inv(cov))).dot((x-mu))
return float(part1 * np.exp(part2))
def test_gauss_pdf():
x = np.array([[0],[0]])
mu = np.array([[0],[0]])
cov = np.eye(2)
print(pdf_multivariate_gauss(x, mu, cov))
# prints 0.15915494309189535
if __name__ == '__main__':
test_gauss_pdf()