# allennlp.modules.scalar_mix¶

class allennlp.modules.scalar_mix.ScalarMix(mixture_size: int, do_layer_norm: bool = False, initial_scalar_parameters: typing.List[float] = None, trainable: bool = True) → None[source]

Bases: torch.nn.modules.module.Module

Computes a parameterised scalar mixture of N tensors, mixture = gamma * sum(s_k * tensor_k) where s = softmax(w), with w and gamma scalar parameters.

In addition, if do_layer_norm=True then apply layer normalization to each tensor before weighting.

forward(tensors: typing.List[torch.Tensor], mask: torch.Tensor = None) → torch.Tensor[source]

Compute a weighted average of the tensors. The input tensors an be any shape with at least two dimensions, but must all be the same shape.

When do_layer_norm=True, the mask is required input. If the tensors are dimensioned (dim_0, ..., dim_{n-1}, dim_n), then the mask is dimensioned (dim_0, ..., dim_{n-1}), as in the typical case with tensors of shape (batch_size, timesteps, dim) and mask of shape (batch_size, timesteps).

When do_layer_norm=False the mask is ignored.