This group project submission is based off the contents of the paper Tighter Variational Bounds are Not Necessarily Better (2019).

Build Steps

Setting up Conda Environment

Install Conda here.

Create a new Conda environment for this project, based on the environment.yml file in the root directory.

$ conda env create -f environment.yml

Activate the environment.

$ conda activate elbo-comparison

Updating Conda Environment with new dependencies

If you have installed any dependencies using the command $ conda install ..., you should export the updated environment file to environment.yml.

(elbo-comparison) $ conda env export | tee environment.yml

A more succinct alternative is

(elbo-comparison) $ conda env export --from-history | tee environment.yml