Very superficial remark: it seems to me like “multimodal” is a bad name for the thing you’ve called that. Not all mixtures are multimodal, and not all multimodal distributions arise as mixtures. Why not call it “mix” or “mixture” or something like that?
It’s a good point. This is a kind of thing I’ve been wrestling a lot, though of course is fairly surface level compared to the main architecture.
I don’t have a personal preference on this. I agree that mixture is more technically correct term, but it seems like many (not very technical people) find “multimodal” more intuitive. To many people I think “mixture” sounds more generic, as from where they are standing, “mixture” could mean several things.
I’ll keep the option in mind and ask for further preferences.
Very superficial remark: it seems to me like “multimodal” is a bad name for the thing you’ve called that. Not all mixtures are multimodal, and not all multimodal distributions arise as mixtures. Why not call it “mix” or “mixture” or something like that?
Thanks for the feedback!
It’s a good point. This is a kind of thing I’ve been wrestling a lot, though of course is fairly surface level compared to the main architecture.
I don’t have a personal preference on this. I agree that mixture is more technically correct term, but it seems like many (not very technical people) find “multimodal” more intuitive. To many people I think “mixture” sounds more generic, as from where they are standing, “mixture” could mean several things.
I’ll keep the option in mind and ask for further preferences.