inputconditioned

Inputconditioned is a term used in technical writing to describe processes, models, or analyses whose outputs are conditioned on the input data. In this usage, the input variables X determine or heavily influence the result, as opposed to being independent or determined by other factors. The common form is input-conditioned, with a hyphen; occasionally the term appears as input conditioned or, when used as a label, as inputconditioned (without space) in code or diagrams.

In practice, input-conditioned descriptions are prevalent in probabilistic modeling and machine learning, where the conditional distribution p(y|x) expresses the idea that the output y is conditioned on the input x. Similarly, many conditional generative models, such as conditional GANs or conditional VAEs, generate samples based on a given input. In signal processing and control theory, a system or controller may be described as input-conditioned if its behavior adapts to or is driven by the current input signal.

The term emphasizes the dependency on input data rather than on latent variables alone, and it is often used as a descriptor rather than a formal technical category. Related phrases include input-dependent, input-driven, and conditioning on the input.

See also: conditioning (probability), conditional modeling, input data, input-dependent processes.