mlx-examples/flow/README.md
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# Normalizing flow
Real NVP normalizing flow for density estimation and sampling from [Dinh et al. (2016)](https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.08803), implemented using `mlx`.
The example is written in a somewhat more object-oriented style than strictly necessary, with an eye towards extension to other use cases that could from arbitrary distributions and bijectors.
## Basic usage
```py
import mlx.core as mx
from flows import RealNVP
model = RealNVP(n_transforms=8, d_params=4, d_hidden=256, n_layers=4)
x = mx.random.normal(shape=(32, 4))
# Evaluate log-density
model.log_prob(x=x)
# Draw samples
model.sample(sample_shape=(32, 4))
```
## Running the example
Install the dependencies:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
The example can be run with:
```
python main.py
```
which trains the normalizing flow on the two moons dataset and plots the result in `samples.png`.
By default the example runs on the GPU. To run on the CPU, do:
```
python main.py --cpu
```
For all available options, run:
```
python main.py --help
```
## Results
![Samples](./samples.png)