def likelihood_weighted_sample(self, evidence=None, size=1, return_type="dataframe"):
        """
        Generates weighted sample(s) from joint distribution of the bayesian
        network, that comply with the given evidence.
        'Probabilistic Graphical Model Principles and Techniques', Koller and
        Friedman, Algorithm 12.2 pp 493.

        Parameters
        ----------
        evidence: list of `pgmpy.factor.State` namedtuples
            None if no evidence
        size: int
            size of sample to be generated
        return_type: string (dataframe | recarray)
            Return type for samples, either of 'dataframe' or 'recarray'.
            Defaults to 'dataframe'

        Returns
        -------
        sampled: A pandas.DataFrame or a numpy.recarray object depending upon return_type argument
            the generated samples with corresponding weights

        Examples
        --------
        >>> from pgmpy.factors.discrete import State
        >>> from pgmpy.models.BayesianModel import BayesianModel
        >>> from pgmpy.factors.discrete import TabularCPD
        >>> from pgmpy.sampling import BayesianModelSampling
        >>> student = BayesianModel([('diff', 'grade'), ('intel', 'grade')])
        >>> cpd_d = TabularCPD('diff', 2, [[0.6], [0.4]])
        >>> cpd_i = TabularCPD('intel', 2, [[0.7], [0.3]])
        >>> cpd_g = TabularCPD('grade', 3, [[0.3, 0.05, 0.9, 0.5], [0.4, 0.25,
        ...         0.08, 0.3], [0.3, 0.7, 0.02, 0.2]],
        ...         ['intel', 'diff'], [2, 2])
        >>> student.add_cpds(cpd_d, cpd_i, cpd_g)
        >>> inference = BayesianModelSampling(student)
        >>> evidence = [State('diff', 0)]
        >>> inference.likelihood_weighted_sample(evidence=evidence, size=2, return_type='recarray')
        rec.array([(0, 0, 1, 0.6), (0, 0, 2, 0.6)], dtype=
                  [('diff', '<i8'), ('intel', '<i8'), ('grade', '<i8'), ('_weight', '<f8')])
        """
        types = [(var_name, 'int') for var_name in self.topological_order]
        types.append(('_weight', 'float'))
        sampled = np.zeros(size, dtype=types).view(np.recarray)
        sampled['_weight'] = np.ones(size)
        evidence_dict = {var: st for var, st in evidence}

        for node in self.topological_order:
            cpd = self.model.get_cpds(node)
            states = range(self.cardinality[node])
            evidence = cpd.get_evidence()

            if evidence:
                evidence_values = np.vstack([sampled[i] for i in evidence])
                cached_values = self.pre_compute_reduce(node)
                weights = list(map(lambda t: cached_values[tuple(t)], evidence_values.T))
                if node in evidence_dict:
                    sampled[node] = evidence_dict[node]
                    for i in range(size):
                        sampled['_weight'][i] *= weights[i][evidence_dict[node]]
                else:
                    sampled[node] = sample_discrete(states, weights)
            else:
                if node in evidence_dict:
                    sampled[node] = evidence_dict[node]
                    for i in range(size):
                        sampled['_weight'][i] *= cpd.values[evidence_dict[node]]
                else:
                    sampled[node] = sample_discrete(states, cpd.values, size)

        return _return_samples(return_type, sampled)