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+"""prototorch.models test suite."""
+
+import prototorch as pt
+from prototorch.models.library import GLVQ
+
+
+def test_glvq_model_build():
+    hparams = GLVQ.HyperParameters(
+        distribution=dict(num_classes=2, per_class=1),
+        component_initializer=pt.initializers.RNCI(2),
+    )
+
+    model = GLVQ(hparams=hparams)