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"""
=========================================================================
Ability of Gaussian process regression (GPR) to estimate data noise-level
=========================================================================
This example shows the ability of the
:class:`~sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels.WhiteKernel` to estimate the noise
level in the data. Moreover, we show the importance of kernel hyperparameters
initialization.
"""
# Authors: The scikit-learn developers
# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
# %%
# Data generation
# ---------------
#
# We will work in a setting where `X` will contain a single feature. We create a
# function that will generate the target to be predicted. We will add an
# option to add some noise to the generated target.
import numpy as np
def target_generator(X, add_noise=False):
target = 0.5 + np.sin(3 * X)
if add_noise:
rng = np.random.RandomState(1)
target += rng.normal(0, 0.3, size=target.shape)
return target.squeeze()
# %%
# Let's have a look to the target generator where we will not add any noise to
# observe the signal that we would like to predict.
X = np.linspace(0, 5, num=80).reshape(-1, 1)
y = target_generator(X, add_noise=False)
# %%
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot(X, y, label="Expected signal")
plt.legend()
plt.xlabel("X")
_ = plt.ylabel("y")
# %%
# The target is transforming the input `X` using a sine function. Now, we will
# generate few noisy training samples. To illustrate the noise level, we will
# plot the true signal together with the noisy training samples.
rng = np.random.RandomState(0)
X_train = rng.uniform(0, 5, size=20).reshape(-1, 1)
y_train = target_generator(X_train, add_noise=True)
# %%
plt.plot(X, y, label="Expected signal")
plt.scatter(
x=X_train[:, 0],
y=y_train,
color="black",
alpha=0.4,
label="Observations",
)
plt.legend()
plt.xlabel("X")
_ = plt.ylabel("y")
# %%
# Optimisation of kernel hyperparameters in GPR
# ---------------------------------------------
#
# Now, we will create a
# :class:`~sklearn.gaussian_process.GaussianProcessRegressor`
# using an additive kernel adding a
# :class:`~sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels.RBF` and
# :class:`~sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels.WhiteKernel` kernels.
# The :class:`~sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels.WhiteKernel` is a kernel that
# will able to estimate the amount of noise present in the data while the
# :class:`~sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels.RBF` will serve at fitting the
# non-linearity between the data and the target.
#
# However, we will show that the hyperparameter space contains several local
# minima. It will highlights the importance of initial hyperparameter values.
#
# We will create a model using a kernel with a high noise level and a large
# length scale, which will explain all variations in the data by noise.
from sklearn.gaussian_process import GaussianProcessRegressor
from sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels import RBF, WhiteKernel
kernel = 1.0 * RBF(length_scale=1e1, length_scale_bounds=(1e-2, 1e3)) + WhiteKernel(
noise_level=1, noise_level_bounds=(1e-10, 1e1)
)
gpr = GaussianProcessRegressor(kernel=kernel, alpha=0.0)
gpr.fit(X_train, y_train)
y_mean, y_std = gpr.predict(X, return_std=True)
# %%
plt.plot(X, y, label="Expected signal")
plt.scatter(x=X_train[:, 0], y=y_train, color="black", alpha=0.4, label="Observations")
plt.errorbar(X, y_mean, y_std, label="Posterior mean ± std")
plt.legend()
plt.xlabel("X")
plt.ylabel("y")
_ = plt.title(
(
f"Initial: {kernel}\nOptimum: {gpr.kernel_}\nLog-Marginal-Likelihood: "
f"{gpr.log_marginal_likelihood(gpr.kernel_.theta)}"
),
fontsize=8,
)
# %%
# We see that the optimum kernel found still has a high noise level and an even
# larger length scale. The length scale reaches the maximum bound that we
# allowed for this parameter and we got a warning as a result.
#
# More importantly, we observe that the model does not provide useful
# predictions: the mean prediction seems to be constant: it does not follow the
# expected noise-free signal.
#
# Now, we will initialize the :class:`~sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels.RBF`
# with a larger `length_scale` initial value and the
# :class:`~sklearn.gaussian_process.kernels.WhiteKernel` with a smaller initial
# noise level lower while keeping the parameter bounds unchanged.
kernel = 1.0 * RBF(length_scale=1e-1, length_scale_bounds=(1e-2, 1e3)) + WhiteKernel(
noise_level=1e-2, noise_level_bounds=(1e-10, 1e1)
)
gpr = GaussianProcessRegressor(kernel=kernel, alpha=0.0)
gpr.fit(X_train, y_train)
y_mean, y_std = gpr.predict(X, return_std=True)
# %%
plt.plot(X, y, label="Expected signal")
plt.scatter(x=X_train[:, 0], y=y_train, color="black", alpha=0.4, label="Observations")
plt.errorbar(X, y_mean, y_std, label="Posterior mean ± std")
plt.legend()
plt.xlabel("X")
plt.ylabel("y")
_ = plt.title(
(
f"Initial: {kernel}\nOptimum: {gpr.kernel_}\nLog-Marginal-Likelihood: "
f"{gpr.log_marginal_likelihood(gpr.kernel_.theta)}"
),
fontsize=8,
)
# %%
# First, we see that the model's predictions are more precise than the
# previous model's: this new model is able to estimate the noise-free
# functional relationship.
#
# Looking at the kernel hyperparameters, we see that the best combination found
# has a smaller noise level and shorter length scale than the first model.
#
# We can inspect the negative Log-Marginal-Likelihood (LML) of
# :class:`~sklearn.gaussian_process.GaussianProcessRegressor`
# for different hyperparameters to get a sense of the local minima.
from matplotlib.colors import LogNorm
length_scale = np.logspace(-2, 4, num=80)
noise_level = np.logspace(-2, 1, num=80)
length_scale_grid, noise_level_grid = np.meshgrid(length_scale, noise_level)
log_marginal_likelihood = [
gpr.log_marginal_likelihood(theta=np.log([0.36, scale, noise]))
for scale, noise in zip(length_scale_grid.ravel(), noise_level_grid.ravel())
]
log_marginal_likelihood = np.reshape(log_marginal_likelihood, noise_level_grid.shape)
# %%
vmin, vmax = (-log_marginal_likelihood).min(), 50
level = np.around(np.logspace(np.log10(vmin), np.log10(vmax), num=20), decimals=1)
plt.contour(
length_scale_grid,
noise_level_grid,
-log_marginal_likelihood,
levels=level,
norm=LogNorm(vmin=vmin, vmax=vmax),
)
plt.colorbar()
plt.xscale("log")
plt.yscale("log")
plt.xlabel("Length-scale")
plt.ylabel("Noise-level")
plt.title("Negative log-marginal-likelihood")
plt.show()
# %%
#
# We see that there are two local minima that correspond to the combination of
# hyperparameters previously found. Depending on the initial values for the
# hyperparameters, the gradient-based optimization might or might not
# converge to the best model. It is thus important to repeat the optimization
# several times for different initializations. This can be done by setting the
# `n_restarts_optimizer` parameter of the
# :class:`~sklearn.gaussian_process.GaussianProcessRegressor` class.
#
# Let's try again to fit our model with the bad initial values but this time
# with 10 random restarts.
kernel = 1.0 * RBF(length_scale=1e1, length_scale_bounds=(1e-2, 1e3)) + WhiteKernel(
noise_level=1, noise_level_bounds=(1e-10, 1e1)
)
gpr = GaussianProcessRegressor(
kernel=kernel, alpha=0.0, n_restarts_optimizer=10, random_state=0
)
gpr.fit(X_train, y_train)
y_mean, y_std = gpr.predict(X, return_std=True)
# %%
plt.plot(X, y, label="Expected signal")
plt.scatter(x=X_train[:, 0], y=y_train, color="black", alpha=0.4, label="Observations")
plt.errorbar(X, y_mean, y_std, label="Posterior mean ± std")
plt.legend()
plt.xlabel("X")
plt.ylabel("y")
_ = plt.title(
(
f"Initial: {kernel}\nOptimum: {gpr.kernel_}\nLog-Marginal-Likelihood: "
f"{gpr.log_marginal_likelihood(gpr.kernel_.theta)}"
),
fontsize=8,
)
# %%
#
# As we hoped, random restarts allow the optimization to find the best set
# of hyperparameters despite the bad initial values.
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