Source code for uravu.optimize

"""
The optimize module includes the functionality necessary for maximum likelihood determination.
Furthermore, the natural log likelihood function used in the :func:`~uravu.sampling.mcmc()` and :func:`~uravu.sampling.nested_sampling()` methods may be found here.
"""

# Copyright (c) Andrew R. McCluskey
# Distributed under the terms of the MIT License
# author: Andrew R. McCluskey

from typing import Callable
import numpy as np
from scipy.optimize import minimize, differential_evolution


[docs]def max_ln_likelihood(relationship: 'uravu.relationship.Relationship', method: str, x0: np.ndarray=None, **kwargs) -> np.ndarray: """ Determine the variable values which maximize the likelihood for the given relationship. For keyword arguments see the :func:`scipy.optimize.minimize()` documentation. :param relationship: The relationship for which variables should be found. :param method: Method for optimisation to be used. :param x0: Initial guesses for the variable values. Default to the current :py:attr:`~uravu.relationship.Relationship.variables` values which are initialized as all :py:attr:`1`. :return: Optimized variables for the relationship. """ if x0 is None: x0 = relationship.variable_medians args = (relationship.function, relationship.abscissa, relationship.ordinate) if method == 'diff_evo': res = differential_evolution(negative_lnl, relationship.bounds, args=args, **kwargs) elif method == 'mini': res = minimize(negative_lnl, x0, args=args, bounds=relationship.bounds, **kwargs) return res.x
[docs]def negative_lnl(variables: np.ndarray, function: Callable, abscissa: np.ndarray, ordinate: np.ndarray) -> float: """ Calculate the negative natural logarithm of the likelihood given a set of variables, when there is no uncertainty in the abscissa. :param variables: Variables for the function evaluation. :param function: The function to be evaluated. :param abscissa: The abscissa values. :param ordinate: The ordinate values. :return: Negative natural log-likelihood between model and data. """ return -ln_likelihood(variables, function, abscissa, ordinate)
[docs]def ln_likelihood(variables: np.ndarray, function: Callable, abscissa: np.ndarray, ordinate: np.ndarray) -> float: """ Calculate the natural logarithm of the likelihood given a set of variables, when there is no uncertainty in the abscissa. :param variables: Variables for the function evaluation. :param function: The function to be evaluated. :param abscissa: The abscissa values. :param ordinate: The ordinate values. :return: Natural log-likelihood between model and data. """ model = function(abscissa, *variables) ln_l = ordinate.logpdf(model) return np.sum(ln_l)