Calculate covariance of torch tensor (2d feature map)
I have a torch tensor with shape (batch_size, number_maps, x_val, y_val). The tensor is normalized with a sigmoid function, so within range [0, 1]. I want to find the covariance for each map, so I want to have a tensor with shape (batch_size, number_maps, 2, 2). As far as I know, there is no torch.cov() function as in numpy. How can I efficiently calculate the covariance without converting it to numpy?
Edit:
def get_covariance(tensor):
bn, nk, w, h = tensor.shape
tensor_reshape = tensor.reshape(bn, nk, 2, -1)
x = tensor_reshape[:, :, 0, :]
y = tensor_reshape[:, :, 1, :]
mean_x = torch.mean(x, dim=2).unsqueeze(-1)
mean_y = torch.mean(y, dim=2).unsqueeze(-1)

xx = torch.sum((x - mean_x) * (x - mean_x), dim=2).unsqueeze(-1) / (h*w - 1)
xy = torch.sum((x - mean_x) * (y - mean_y), dim=2).unsqueeze(-1) / (h*w - 1)
yx = xy
yy = torch.sum((y - mean_y) * (y - mean_y), dim=2).unsqueeze(-1) / (h*w - 1)

cov = torch.cat((xx, xy, yx, yy), dim=2)
cov = cov.reshape(bn, nk, 2, 2)

return cov

I tried the following now, but I m pretty sure it's not correct.

You could try the function suggested on Github:
def cov(x, rowvar=False, bias=False, ddof=None, aweights=None):
    &quot;&quot;&quot;Estimates covariance matrix like numpy.cov&quot;&quot;&quot;
    # ensure at least 2D
    if x.dim() == 1:
        x = x.view(-1, 1)

    # treat each column as a data point, each row as a variable
    if rowvar and x.shape[0] != 1:
        x = x.t()

    if ddof is None:
        if bias == 0:
            ddof = 1
        else:
            ddof = 0

    w = aweights
    if w is not None:
        if not torch.is_tensor(w):
            w = torch.tensor(w, dtype=torch.float)
        w_sum = torch.sum(w)
        avg = torch.sum(x * (w/w_sum)[:,None], 0)
    else:
        avg = torch.mean(x, 0)

    # Determine the normalization
    if w is None:
        fact = x.shape[0] - ddof
    elif ddof == 0:
        fact = w_sum
    elif aweights is None:
        fact = w_sum - ddof
    else:
        fact = w_sum - ddof * torch.sum(w * w) / w_sum

    xm = x.sub(avg.expand_as(x))

    if w is None:
        X_T = xm.t()
    else:
        X_T = torch.mm(torch.diag(w), xm).t()

    c = torch.mm(X_T, xm)
    c = c / fact

    return c.squeeze()

https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/19037
