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Python function calculating the Wasserstein distance over two Gaussian distributions
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| def wasserstein_distance_gaussian_analytical(G1, G2): | |
| mu1, sigma1 = G1 | |
| mu2, sigma2 = G2 | |
| diff_mean = mu1 - mu2 | |
| squared_diff_mean = np.dot(diff_mean, diff_mean) # euclidean norm | |
| sigma1_sqrt = linalg.sqrtm(sigma1) | |
| sigma_product = np.dot(sigma1_sqrt, np.dot(sigma2, sigma1_sqrt)) | |
| sigma_product_sqrt = scipy.linalg.sqrtm(sigma_product) | |
| trace_term = np.trace(sigma1 + sigma2 - 2 * sigma_product_sqrt) | |
| wasserstein_distance_sq = squared_diff_mean + trace_term | |
| wasserstein_distance = np.sqrt(wasserstein_distance_sq) | |
| # not squared anymore | |
| return wasserstein_distance |
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