.. _fwflag_lda_beta:
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--lda_beta
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Switch
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--lda_beta [value]

Description
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Set the LDA beta hyperparameter, which is a prior on the number of words per topic. We typically do not change this hyperparameter.

Note that this command is currently ignored by Mallet; it does affect PyMallet.

Argument and Default Value
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Value of the beta parameter. Default: 0.01.


Details
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See the :doc:`../tutorials/tut_lda` tutorial for details.

Other Switches
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Required Switches:

* :doc:`fwflag_d`, :doc:`fwflag_c`, :doc:`fwflag_t`, :doc:`fwflag_f`
* :doc:`fwflag_estimate_lda_topics`
* :doc:`fwflag_lda_lexicon_name` or :doc:`fwflag_no_lda_lexicon`

Optional Switches:

* :doc:`../fwinterface/fwflag_mallet_path`
* :doc:`../fwinterface/fwflag_save_lda_files`
* :doc:`../fwinterface/fwflag_lda_lexicon_name`
* :doc:`../fwinterface/fwflag_no_lda_lexicon`
* :doc:`../fwinterface/fwflag_num_topics`
* :doc:`../fwinterface/fwflag_num_stopwords`
* :doc:`../fwinterface/fwflag_no_lda_stopping`
* :doc:`../fwinterface/fwflag_lda_alpha`
* :doc:`../fwinterface/fwflag_lda_iterations`


Example Commands
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See the :doc:`../tutorials/tut_lda` tutorial for examples.