KacperKubara / KacperKubara/distython
y_ix in VDM.py
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Description
I have a little problem with the code in VDM.py. I am wondering why we need y_ix here:

And how this attribute is related to the VDM function in the paper:

since it seems like the c in the VDM function is the number of clusters, a is the attribute where x and y located.
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Read VDM.py and compare the y_ix usage with the VDM definition shown in the linked paper images. Clarify what y_ix represents, how it relates to the paper's c and a variables, and document the relationship in the relevant code or project documentation.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- machine-learning
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