Question about get_decoded_expression() and predict() functions

[znavidi]

Hi, Could you pls explain the difference between the two functions: get_decoded_expression() and predict()? It appears to me that both functions take control gene expressions as input and produce post-perturbation gene expressions as output. Could you please confirm this?

Additionally, I have not found any function within the scGen API that enables the prediction of decoded gene expression based on a customized latent input. It seems that all API functions are designed to be end-to-end solutions. Could you please confirm this?

Thank you very much!