variational autoencoders

KL Divergence in VAE - Closed form Solution

Sun, 15 Dec 2019 by Pritish Sunil Jadhav / Linear Algebra

KL divergence is used to compare probability distribution functions. This article focuses on deriving a closed form solution for KL divergence using in Variational Autoencoders.

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Bending the ELBO in Variational Autoencoders

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 by Pritish Sunil Jadhav / Linear Algebra

The goal of this article is to understand and derive the ELBO (Evidence Lower Bound) cost function used in training Variational Autoencoder. The article is designed with an assumption that the readers possess basic understanding of Generative Modelling and Variational Autoencoders.

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