    MIX-PRED:  Make predictions for test cases using mixture models.

    Mix-pred prints the log of the predictive joint probability (or
    density) for the target values in each test case given.  Target values
    and average log probabilities can be displayed as well.

    Usage:

        mix-pred options { log-file range } [ / test-inputs [ test-targets ] ]

    The final optional arguments give the source of inputs and targets for
    the cases to look at; they default to the test data specification in
    the first log file given.  The mixture models to use for the
    predictions are taken from the records with the given ranges of
    indexes in the given log files.  The predictive probabilities are the
    mixture of these mixtures.

    An index range can have one of the forms "[low][:[high]][%mod]" or
    "[low][:[high]]+num", or one of these forms preceded by "@".  When "@"
    is present, "low" and "high" are given in terms of cpu time, otherwise
    they are iteration numbers.  When just "low" is given, only that index
    is used.  If the colon is included, but "high" is not, the range
    extends to the highest index in the log file.  The "mod" form allows
    iterations to be selected whose numbers are multiples of "mod", with
    the default being "mod" of one.  The "num" form allows the total
    number of iterations used to be specified; they are distributed as
    evenly as possible within the specified range.  Note that it is
    possible that the number of mixture models used in the end may not
    equal this number, if records with some indexes are missing.

    The 'options' argument consists of one or more of the following letters:

        t   Display the target values for each case.

        r   Use the raw form of the target values, before transformation.

        p   Display the log of the joint probability (or probability density)
            of the true targets.  Logs are to base e.

        b   Suppress headings and averages - just bare numbers for each case.
            The numbers are printed in exponential format, to high precision.

        a   Display only the average log probability (density), suppressing
            the results for individual cases.  (Makes sense only if 'p' is
            specified as well, but not 't'.)

    For iterations in which not all components are represented explicitly
    (which will always be the case for infinite mixtures), the probability
    (density) with respect to a new component is approximated by randomly
    picking a set of 10 parameter values for the new component.  These
    Monte Carlo estimates are found using a random number stream
    initialized by setting the seed to one at the start of the program.
    Accuracy can be increased by repeating the same log-file/range
    combination several times, effectively increasing the sample size use.

    The average log probability figure is accompanied by +- its standard
    error (as long as there is more than one test case).

    If only targets are to be displayed (no predictions), one may give
    just a single log file with no range.  Otherwise, at least one mixture
    model must be specified.

                Copyright (c) 1995-2003 by Radford M. Neal