org.tribuo.math.util

Interface Merger

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

HeapMerger, MatrixHeapMerger

public interface Merger
extends Serializable

An interface for merging an array of DenseSparseMatrix into a single DenseSparseMatrix.

Mergers are principally used to aggregate gradients across a minibatch.

Merging is done by summation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DenseSparseMatrix	merge(DenseSparseMatrix[] inputs) Merges an array of DenseSparseMatrix into a single DenseSparseMatrix.
SparseVector	merge(SparseVector[] inputs) Merges an array of SparseVector into a single SparseVector.

Method Detail

merge

DenseSparseMatrix merge(DenseSparseMatrix[] inputs)

Merges an array of DenseSparseMatrix into a single DenseSparseMatrix.

Parameters:

inputs - The matrices to merge.

Returns:

The merged matrix.

merge

SparseVector merge(SparseVector[] inputs)

Merges an array of SparseVector into a single SparseVector.

Parameters:

inputs - The vectors to merge.

Returns:

The merged vector.