log_sum_exp: Compute stable Log-Sum-Exp

Description Usage Arguments Value References Examples

Description

log_sum_exp computes the log sum exp trick for avoiding numeric underflow and have numeric stability in computations of small numbers.

Usage

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Arguments

x

A vector of observations

Value

The logs-sum-exp value

References

https://hips.seas.harvard.edu/blog/2013/01/09/computing-log-sum-exp/

Examples

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x <- c(0.001, 0.5, 2, 1.4, 1.5)
out <- log_sum_exp(x)

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